U.S. President Donald Trump (L) gestures as he speaks throughout a bilateral assembly on the Bestepe Presidential Compound as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) appears to be like on, following Trump’s arrival to attend the annual NATO Summit on July 7, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey.
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday resurrected his push for the U.S. to amass Greenland, and recommended the U.S. may pull all of its armed providers members out of Europe in response to the Continent’s continued pushback on the problem.
The island territory “needs to be managed by the US,” Trump mentioned shortly after he arrived in Ankara, Turkey, for a NATO summit.
The 32-member alliance — which incorporates Denmark, of which Greenland is a component — fell right into a disaster in January, as Trump demanded that the U.S. should take management of the island territory on nationwide safety grounds.
In a bilateral assembly with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday afternoon Ankara time, Trump vented that Europe’s refusal to associate with his expansionist need is “what harm my relationship with NATO.”
“As a result of Greenland does not assist Denmark. Denmark does not spend cash to actually assist Greenland, nevertheless it’s an essential half for the US,” Trump advised reporters.
“And it is surrounded by China ships and Russian ships, and that is not going to occur, the ships, is, it isn’t going to occur,” he mentioned, repeating claims about overseas army threats towards the self-governing island that specialists on Greenland have denied.
Greenland “needs to be managed by the US, not by Denmark,” Trump went on. “And after they would not associate with it, and with all the cash we spend to assist them with Russia — we do not have to spend any cash.”
“We may take away all of our troopers out of Europe,” he mentioned. “As a result of as you most likely seen, Europe’s a really completely different place than it was 20 years in the past.”
“And so they higher watch out,” Trump went on, talking broadly about Europe, “with immigration and vitality. If they are not cautious with these two issues, you are not going to have a Europe anymore.”
He then ended the portion of the assembly that was open to the press.
Working group talks
Trump’s feedback thrust Greenland, an enormous, sparsely populated and largely frozen Arctic island, again into the geopolitical highlight.
The U.S. president’s pursuit of Greenland had develop into a serious trans-Atlantic subject at the beginning of the yr, sparked by Trump’s repeated claims that the U.S. wanted to amass the island. Greenlandic lawmakers have insisted the island is just not on the market.
Trump, who had refused to rule out the usage of army pressure to annex Greenland, abruptly introduced in late January, nevertheless, that he and NATO Secretary Normal Mark Rutte had fashioned a “framework of a future deal” with respect to the territory.
A working group of representatives from the U.S., Denmark and Greenland have since been assembly to debate the way in which ahead.
Residential residence buildings in Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 25, 2026.
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Denmark’s Overseas Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen reportedly mentioned late final month that he expects the working group to discover a resolution by the tip of the yr.
Requested Tuesday about Trump’s newest feedback on Greenland, Finnish President Alexander Stubb advised CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick: “Be extra Arctic, be extra cool. Whether it is about Arctic safety, we’ve got seven international locations which are Arctic nations within the alliance.”
He added: “Finland has educated 1 million troopers in Arctic situations; we mainly dwell in Arctic situations. Let’s preserve that in thoughts. Let’s, you understand, proceed the method that the Danes, the Individuals and the Greenlanders have.”
