Article 72KEN US attack on Greenland would mean end of Nato, says Danish PM

US attack on Greenland would mean end of Nato, says Danish PM

by
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
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Mette Frederiksen criticises Donald Trump's unacceptable pressure' as Greenland counterpart condemns fantasies'

An attack by the United States on a Nato ally would mean the end of both the military alliance and post-second world war security", Denmark's leader has warned, after Donald Trump threatened again to take over Greenland.

Fresh from his military operation in Venezuela, the US president said on Sunday the US needed Greenland very badly" - renewing fears of a US invasion of the largely autonomous island, which is a former Danish colony and remains part of the Danish kingdom. Greenland's foreign and security policy continues to be controlled by Copenhagen.

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