Trump's Greenland threats put transatlantic alliance on death watch

""In any case the security guarantees to Ukraine and Greenland are two separate things," the Trump adviser said."

""Of course it's weird, but we have to play with the cards we have. The Greenland issue does make everything even more complicated," a senior European diplomat said."

""for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.""

European officials publicly treat security guarantees for Ukraine and the Greenland question as separate issues despite private doubts about a fragmented U.S. approach. A senior Trump adviser acknowledged deep European concern about Greenland while saying U.S. planning on the matter remains at an early stage and that security guarantees for Ukraine and Greenland are distinct. A senior European diplomat called the Greenland proposal strange and said it complicates broader relations. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned that a U.S. move on Greenland could end NATO. Leaders from a 30-country coalition met in Paris and issued a joint statement affirming that decisions about Denmark and Greenland rest with Denmark and Greenland.

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