Trump, Greenland and NATO
General Mark Rutte and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen agreed at a meeting on Tuesday that allies need to focus on strengthening defences in the Arctic, a source familiar with the talks told Reuters.
The prime minister does a European tour while announcing more spending on security around the island, following President Trump’s stated desire to have Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory, as part of the U.
Denmark's defense minister has announced a deal with the governments of the Faroe Islands and Greenland to boost surveillance capacity and sovereignty assertion. The move comes as the US, Russia and China circle.
Faced with increasing pressure from President Donald Trump to hand over the strategically important island of Greenland to the U.S., Denmark has announced plans to beef up its military presence there.
the U.S. will fundamentally rethink "NATO's purpose and NATO's mission." For its part, Denmark said on Monday it would spend 14.6 billion Danish crowns ($2.0 billion) boosting its military ...
The US president says he wants Greenland for security reasons. But Greenland is not terra nullius ripe for American colonisation.
NATO maneuvers "Arctic Dolphin" have started in the North Atlantic with the participation of ships from Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway. Units from Denmark, the United Kingdom, and France will join them.
NATO maneuvers "Arctic Dolphin" have started in the North Atlantic with the participation of ships from Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway. Units from Denmark, the United Kingdom, and France will join them.
The Danes have not asked for it, but the Dutch Cabinet still wants to “express solidarity with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen,” said Caspar Veldkamp (Foreign Affairs) in a parliamentary debate on the upcoming EU formal summit.
Rubio said he could not predict if Trump would succeed in buying Greenland from Denmark or restoring American authority over the Panama Canal while he is in office.