By AP News
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Monday an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of NATO. Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of the Danish kingdom and thus part of NATO. Her comments came in response to 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 that left the world stunned. Read more.
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| “If the United States chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops,” Frederiksen told Danish broadcaster TV2. “That is, including our NATO and thus the security that has been provided since the end of the Second World War.” Trump’s comments Sunday, including telling reporters “let’s talk about Greenland in 20 days,” further deepened fears that the U.S. was planning an intervention in the near future. The U.S. Department of Defense operates the remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland. It supports missile warning, missile defense and space surveillance operations for the U.S. and NATO. |
