NUUK: NATO and Greenland’s government on Monday said they intend to work on strengthening the defense of the Danish autonomous territory, hoping to dissuade US President Donald Trump, who covets the island. On Sunday, Trump further stoked tensions by saying that the United States would take the territory “one way or the other.” Confronted with the prospect of annexation by force, Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen placed his hopes in the US-led military alliance NATO. “Our security and defense belong in NATO.

The US is considering military action to seize Greenland, in a move that could cause divisions within the NATO alliance.

NUUK: Greenland’s political parties said they did not want to be under Washington as US President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the mineral-rich Danish…