NATO, Greenland and Donald Trump
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Donald Trump has reignited tensions with Nato after suggesting the alliance might not defend the United States if it came under attack.
President Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland was filled with inaccurate claims – notably including false and misleading statements about NATO and Greenland, the self-governing Danish territory he is pushing for the US to acquire.
The Greenland clash over Arctic security has called into question the future of NATO.
President Trump on Wednesday de-escalated his threats to seize Greenland and hammer Europe with new tariffs, but some lawmakers in both parties fear the damage to NATO has already been done.
He’s stricken with PTSD from his time as a soldier in Afghanistan, where five members of his 130-person company died in the American-led war against the Taliban. I called him today to read him a quote from President Trump about America’s NATO allies: “We’ve never needed them,
Trump has repeatedly argued that the U.S. needs Greenland for national security. This week, he seemed to confuse it with Iceland.
Trump told an audience in Davos on Wednesday that a possible purchase of the semi-autonomous territory should not be seen as a threat to Nato.