Former Nato chief attacks Trump’s ‘gangster’ talk on Greenland
Anders Fogh Rasmussen says US president is using island as a ‘weapon of mass distraction’ from real threats such as Russia’s war in Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen says US president is using island as a ‘weapon of mass distraction’ from real threats such as Russia’s war in Ukraine

Military alliance yet to issue public statement asserting territorial integrity of Arctic island and kingdom of Denmark

US president tells audience in Davos that a possible purchase should not be seen as a threat to Nato

Military exercise was ostensibly to show support for Arctic security, but US president saw it as a provocation

US move on the island would be a breach of the transatlantic alliance

Trump has invoked the ships as his rhetoric on seizing Greenland has grown more aggressive

Announcement comes as Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Arctic island leads to alarm among European allies