Trump, in both his first and second terms, has attempted to secure a deal to purchase Greenland from Denmark, though both parties have balked at the prospect and NATO members have fumed over Trump's territorial aspirations.
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated his opinion that the U.S. should control Greenland, reviving a source of tension between Washington and the European members of NATO amid a summit of the alliance.
"That's what hurt my relationship with NATO. Greenland doesn't help Denmark. Denmark doesn't spend money to really help Greenland, but it's important for the U.S.," he said, during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "And it's surrounded by Chinese ships and Russian ships. Greenland should be controlled by the U.S., not by Denmark."
Trump, in both his first and second terms, has attempted to secure a deal to purchase Greenland from Denmark, though both parties have balked at the prospect and NATO members have fumed over Trump's territorial aspirations.
NATO members are currently meeting in Ankara for a summit. Trump's revival of the Greenland issue is likely to heighten tensions yet again. An internal poll from NATO, which became public on Monday, revealed that less than half of U.S. adults believe NATO would defend the U.S., if attacked.
Notably, NATO has only ever invoked its Article V provision once, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the U.S.
Driving much of the existing tensions has been Trump's effort to coax NATO's European members to spend more on their own defense.
Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.
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