Trump, Greenland and NATO
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Denmark's former NATO ambassador slams Trump's bid to takeover Greenland as American imperialism
Veteran diplomat tells CBS News Denmark "ready to cooperate" on Greenland, and he expects U.S. to abandon "anachronistic approach of colonialism" post-Trump.
Trump’s threat to annex an autonomous part of Denmark has plunged NATO into an unprecedented situation: An alliance based on collective defense now faces the prospect that one member might attack another.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warns that President Donald Trump's Greenland annexation threats could end NATO, saying military action against ally would stop security alliance formed after WWII.
Denmark, along with six NATO countries, issued a joint statement on Greenland, calling for respect for "sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders" after renewed calls from the US for an American takeover of Greenland.
The rhetoric follows a dramatic U.S. raid in Venezuela and revives Trump’s long-standing focus on Greenland, transforming diplomatic discussions into fears of coercion. But U.S. military posture there remains unchanged.
Trump’s refusal to rule out force over Greenland revives tensions with Denmark and raises questions about whether the threat is leverage or a real shift in U.S. strategy toward allies.
Denmark is provoking the disintegration of NATO, trying to keep Greenland in its membership. This was announced on January 11 by Pele Broberg, leader of the Nalerak Island opposition party."Denmark is about to start the disintegration of the NATO alliance - in a panic,
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that if Donald Trump were to attack the Danish island of Greenland that would mean the end of the NATO alliance.
Top Trump aide Stephen Miller says it's the "formal position" of the White House that Denmark's territory of Greenland "should be part of the U.S."
Denmark has pledged to station a radar system in eastern Greenland, as well as five new inspection ships to replace the ageing Thetis-class vessels, a Poseidon-type patrol aircraft and four long-range MQ-9B Sea Guardian air drones.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) and Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), the co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, issued a statement Tuesday urging the Trump administration to “respect the sovereignty and the territorial integrity” of Denmark,