US President Donald Trump\u2019s fixation with owning Greenland returned with a vengeance at the NATO summit as he launched into a series of broadsides against European allies for letting him down in Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not happy with NATO because of what they did with Greenland, and I\u2019m not happy with NATO because of the fact that they didn\u2019t want to help us with the number one state sponsor of terror, that\u2019s Iran,\u201d Trump said Wednesday, sitting next to the alliance\u2019s secretary general, Mark Rutte.<\/p>\n
\u201cGreenland is very important to the United States, but it\u2019s not important to Denmark,\u201d he continued, before shifting into an extended digression on World War II, when the US took control of the world\u2019s biggest island after Denmark fell to the Nazis.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe took Greenland and then, stupidly, we gave it back,\u201d he said. \u201cWe shouldn\u2019t have given it back to them, because we\u2019re the ones that need it. We need it for protection of the world, not just the United States. And it\u2019s very important.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s calls to take over the semi-autonomous Danish territory of Greenland sparked concern among the island\u2019s 56,000 residents as well as in Denmark, which has been a close ally of the US for decades. The obsession appeared to peak at the World Economic Forum in Davos back in January, when he triggered panic among European allies that he was on the verge of launching a hostile takeover.<\/p>\n
In the end, his rhetoric died down but it left Danish and European officials convinced that his intentions were serious. Trump then returned to the topic again shortly after arriving in Ankara.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard the US president yesterday and I think the US position is unfortunately very clear on this topic and our position is very clear as it has been all through,\u201d Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told reporters in Ankara on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nThe Joint Arctic Command authority building, the headquarters for Denmark\u2019s military operations in Greenland, center, and the US consulate, left, in Nuuk. Photographer: Carsten Snejbjerg\/Bloomberg<\/p>\n
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The overarching concern among European allies, according to one senior diplomat who was also in Ankara, is that Trump essentially views Europe as an adversary now and could choose to make Greenland the justification for a more serious confrontation.<\/p>\n
\u201cGreenland is a big problem for us,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThe other big problem is the fact that when we wanted them, we didn\u2019t want them badly, but we did say, \u2018If you want to join us,\u2019 and they all said no, but when they could have.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey weren\u2019t there for us, and we\u2019ve been there for them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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