US president spoke to Danish premier for 45 minutes last week and made clear he wanted to place Greenland under American control
The call did not go well and Trump was aggressive and confrontational with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, FT reported.
Rufus Gifford, a former U.S. ambassador to Denmark, said in a Sunday interview that the NATO alliance would be compelled to respond to any invasion or incursion into Greenland. “I think the point that’s forgotten here far too often is that Greenland is NATO because Denmark,
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"Trump might forget about Greenland. But also, he might not. Nobody knows. He operates on whims," @anneapplebaum writes.
Greenland is protected by NATO’s Article 5 which invokes mutual defence in the case of any armed attack or invasion, the Finnish foreign minister has said. According to Elina Valtonen, Article 5 is extended to Greenland as an autonomous territory of Denmark,
Denmark PM Frederiksen emphasised over the call that Greenland, which is an autonomous part of the kingdom of Denmark, was not for sale.
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Donald Trump insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland in a fiery telephone call with Denmark’s prime minister, according to senior European officials.
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