Closing summary
… and on that note, it’s a wrap for today!
The Greenlandic government has issued a statement saying it “cannot accept under any circumstances” the US desire to control the territory, as it insisted that the territory’s security could be secured through the Nato alliance (15:42).
Greenlandic prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen insisted that Greenland was firmly a part of Denmark and Nato, and its security and defence were Nato matters (16:16).
The latest comments come as the US president, Donald Trump, repeatedly confirmed his intention to take control of the territory “one way or the other” as he ridiculed Denmark’s defences and insisted it was facing threats from Russia and China (9:41, 13:20).
His comments prompted EU defence commissioner Andrius Kubilius to warn that the US move to take Greenland by force would spell the end of Nato (13:48), as he also pointed to a little-known mutual assistance clause in the EU treaties (15:09).
Nato secretary general Mark Rutte did not criticise Trump over Greenland, instead discussing the alliance’s need to strengthen its forces in the High Arctic (14:33).
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Trump annexation of Greenland ‘would be end of Nato’, says senior US Democrat
Meanwhile, senior Democratic US senator Chris Murphy has warned that Donald Trump’s threat to annex Greenland represents an existential crisis for Nato, with the demise of the decades-old alliance of western nations certain to follow any American military intervention.
“It would be the end of Nato, right? Nato would have an obligation to defend Greenland,” the Connecticut senator and member of the chamber’s foreign relations committee said Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press. Murphy added that it would mean “clearly … we would be at war with Europe, with England, with France”.
Murphy’s comments came as Trump ramped up his fixation with the Arctic territory, with the US president telling reporters on Air Force One on Sunday that “one way or the other, we are going to have Greenland” (9:41).
