U.S. President Donald Trump's latest threats against Greenland pose a new and potentially unprecedented challenge to NATO, perhaps even an existential one, for an alliance focused on external threats that could now face an armed confrontation involving its most powerful member. The White House says the administration is weighing "options" that could
Greenland's government will be part of a meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Danish officials next week, prompted by tensions over the Arctic island's future, its foreign minister said on Wednesday. "Of course we will take part. We're the ones who requested a meeting," Vivian Motzfeldt told Danish public broadcaster DR after Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over Greenland, the strategic Arctic island that is a self-governing territory of Denmark. President Donald Trump has argued that the U.S. needs to control the world’s largest island to ensure
The White House has said President Donald Trump is discussing options including military action to take Greenland - despite a warning from Denmark that an attack would spell the end of NATO. But how high really is the risk that Trump's desire for the territory might end up sinking an alliance that has underpinned Western security for over seven decades
Denmark and Greenland are seeking a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over the strategic Arctic island, a Danish territory. Tensions escalated after the White House said Tuesday that the "U.S. military is always an option," even as a series of European leaders rejected
President Donald Trump is looking at a number of ideas for acquiring Greenland from Denmark and using the US military is "always an option," the White House said on Tuesday. RELATED STORIES Greenland PM welcomes European backing and calls for US talks "President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of
A group of European leaders on Tuesday underlined their support for Denmark after US President Donald Trump again voiced designs on its autonomous Arctic territory of Greenland, which forms part of the Danish Kingdom. The leaders of France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain as well as Denmark said that sovereignty, territorial integrity and
Several European leaders pushed back Tuesday on U.S. President Donald Trump's comments seeking an American takeover of Greenland. The leaders issued a statement reaffirming the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island "belongs to its people." The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom joined Danish Prime Minister Mette
Denmark's prime minister warned Monday that any US move to take Greenland by force would destroy 80 years of transatlantic security links, after President Donald Trump repeated his desire to annex the mineral-rich Arctic territory. Washington's military intervention in Venezuela has reignited fears about Trump's designs on the autonomous Danish territory,
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Monday an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance. Her comments came in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed call for the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island to come under U.S. control in the aftermath of the weekend military operation in Venezuela