'The raw and brutal display of American power in the Trump II era is finally opening the eyes of Washington's allies'

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n November 2019, President Emmanuel Macron shocked the Western community when he described NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) as experiencing "brain death" during an interview with The Economist, on the eve of a NATO summit. To question such an institution – a pillar of the transatlantic bond for 70 years, itself a cornerstone of the international order – was nearly sacrilegious. Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her cold disapproval, as was her way. President Donald Trump called Macron's remarks "nasty" and "very dangerous" for France, since "nobody needs NATO more than France."

Does the United States need NATO? Six years later, this is now the question being asked, as the same President Trump, acting as master of the world, has proclaimed his intent to seize Greenland, a territory belonging to NATO member Denmark. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned that carrying out such a threat would mean "the end of NATO."

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'Whoever controls Greenland influences a key area of European security policy'