Through a message published on the Truth platform On social media, the 79-year-old Republican warned members of the Atlantic Alliance about the risk of seeing the Arctic island fall into the hands of Russia or China. “The United States needs Greenland for national security purposes. It is vital to the Golden Dome we are building. NATO should lead the way for us to get it. If we don't, Russia or China will, and that's not going to happen!” he wrote. Since arriving at the White House, Trump has shown enormous interest in annexing a territory that, in addition to controlling trade routes, represents an excellent position for planning a hypothetical military offensive against his two most powerful rivals. Therefore, in recent months he has not stopped pressuring the Greenlandic government, demanding that it break away from Denmark and become what he calls the 51st state of the United States. As a form of intimidation, the New York tycoon does not rule out the The possibility of using the US armed forces to assume control of Greenland, if strictly necessary.

However, a few days ago information was leaked regarding a possible purchase offer for the island or the issuance of a supposed bond for each Greenlandic citizen willing to vote in favor of joining the United States through a referendum.

Finding no support for his strategy, Trump is turning to NATO and even reminding them that without its military support, its member nations would be practically defenseless against common enemies.

“On the military front, without the vast power of the United States, much of which I built during my first term and which I am now raising to a new and even higher level, NATO would not be an effective or deterrent force. Not even close! They know it, and so do I.”

NATO becomes much more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the United States. Anything less than that is unacceptable,” he stressed.

For his part, Jens-Frderik Nielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland, declared that if he and his people had to make a decision about whom to choose, they would choose Denmark over the United States.