"In a new interview with The Independent, General Sir Richard Shirreff, NATO's former deputy supreme allied commander for Europe, pointed squarely at the president's threats to seize Greenland and remarks about European troops. We have to take him literally, he told the newspaper. We have to assume with Trump, as with Putin, that the worst case will happen. Trump is the greater threat [to NATO] if you want to make the comparison. It's Trump who gets the prize."
"Shirreff went further, suggesting that the president had destroyed the international order in the first year of his second term and was on the way to destroying the one alliance that has guaranteed transatlantic security for 77 years. The lead nation of the alliance has threatened the territorial integrity of another member, Shirreff said. How do you move on and rebuild trust? Nobody will trust Trump again."
"While arguing Russia remains an existential threat to Europe, Shirreff claimed that Putin's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 had initially galvanized NATO unity, rather than weakening it. By contrast, he said, Trump has decoupled America from European security and left NATO below the waterline. Clearly, Putin threatened it massively but Trump has attacked the one alliance which grants our security, Shirreff said, adding that the rules-based global system was now a dead duck."
General Sir Richard Shirreff warns President Donald Trump poses a greater threat to NATO than Vladimir Putin, citing threats to seize Greenland and comments about European troops. He says Trump must be taken literally and that worst-case assumptions about his actions are necessary. Shirreff contends Trump has damaged the international order and is undermining the alliance that guaranteed transatlantic security for 77 years, eroding trust between members. He notes Russia remains an existential threat and that Putin's invasion of Ukraine initially galvanized NATO, while Trump's policies have decoupled the United States from European security. The White House dismissed Shirreff's remarks and defended U.S. NATO spending, saying the United States can protect Greenland.
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