Trump says US may have to choose between Greenland and NATO

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that “it may be a choice” for Washington if it were to pick between controlling Greenland and maintaining the NATO alliance, Euronews writes.

Trump also hinted that the alliance would be toothless without the US.

“I think we’ll always get along with Europe, but I want them to shape up,” he said. “If you look at NATO, Russia I can tell you is not at all concerned with any other country but us.”

Both Denmark and Greenland’s governments reject Trump’s proposals to purchase or seize the island.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said this week that a military attempt at taking Greenland would mark the end of NATO.