President Donald Trump said on Jan. 14 that NATO would be a stronger and more credible deterrent if Greenland were in the hands of the United States, renewing his long-running push for control of the Danish-controlled territory that has unsettled European allies and sparked blunt objections across the NATO alliance.
“The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security. It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building. NATO should be leading the way for us to get it,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
If the United States does not control Greenland, then Russia or China will, Trump warned, adding that without U.S. support, NATO would be an ineffective force or deterrent….