Trump warned alliance it was only as strong as the US allowed it to be – key US politics stories from 20 January at a glance
Just how much is Donald Trump willing to risk in his quest to seize Greenland? Is he prepared to blow up the Nato alliance that formed when he was a toddler?
“You’ll find out,” the US president replied when a reporter posed that question to him during a lengthy, rambling press conference on Tuesday.
Trump also declined to offer any reassurances that Nato leaders were craving about his commitment to the stability of the transatlantic alliance after his threats to take over the Danish-controlled Arctic territory by force.
The president repeated multiple times that he had done more for Nato than anyone else, as part of suggestions that he should have free rein to shape its future and what territories the US controlled.
