When asked if the breakup of NATO was the price he was willing to pay to acquire Greenland, Trump replied that it was an “interesting question.”
— I think we will work out something that will be very satisfactory for NATO and for us. But we need it (Greenland) for security. We need this for national security and even global security. This is very important, Trump emphasized at a press conference summarizing the first year of his second term in the White House.
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At the same time, he argued that if it were not for him, the Alliance would not survive. He declared that while America would help defend its allies, he doubted its allies would do the same for America. Ultimately, he concluded that “like it or not, NATO is only as good as the United States.”
– If we are not in NATO, NATO will not be very strong – he added.
When asked how far he would go to acquire Greenland, Trump replied in one sentence: “You'll see.”
Donald Trump rejected Emmanuel Macron's invitation
He also rejected French President Emmanuel Macron's invitation to the extraordinary G7 summit in Paris on Thursday. Trump had previously published a text message from Macron in which the French president invited him to such a meeting and proposed the participation of “Danes, Syrians, Ukrainians and Russians.”
“Emmanuel won't be there for too long,” said the American president, referring to the term of office of the French president that ends in 2027. – You know, there's no longevity there. He is my friend, he is a nice guy (…). And, you know, I have meetings with people directly involved, he added, without explaining who he was talking about.
Trump recalls the Chagos case
Trump also once again invoked the cession of the Chagos archipelago – including the island of Diego Garcia with a British-American military base – by Great Britain to Mauritius as an argument for taking ownership of Greenland. He was reminded that he himself supported the agreement on Chagos.
— They talked about introducing some ownership concept (over Diego Garcia), but now they just want to lease and sell. I am against this. You know, it's basically nothing like Greenland, but it's quite an important area in the world, although not as much as Greenland – analyzed the US president. “But I think they should keep her.” I don't know why they do it, do they need the money? – he asked rhetorically.
