Trump wants to take Greenland: Four ways this saga could go
Trump wants to take Greenland: Four ways this saga could go
The BBC investigates possible scenarios for the huge Arctic territory's future as the US president-elect talks about taking control of it.
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If Putin wants no NATO then all he has to do is get his poodle, Trump, to invade Greenland ...
"If they invade Greenland, they invade Nato," says Svane. "So that's where it stops. Article 5 would have to be triggered. And if a Nato country invades Nato then there's no Nato."
"He's saying it's legitimate for us to take this piece of land," he says. "If we take him really seriously this is a bad omen for the whole of the Western alliance."
Something tells me the people of Taiwan also better be prepared for the coming 4 years. Trump is liable to just hand it over to china on a whim.
It really wouldn't be the end of NATO. Greece and Turkey have had numerous spats while both NATO countries. An Article 5 resolution can be vetoed by any other NATO member. The US would assuredly do this.
A much more worrying possibility would be Denmark specifically withdrawing from or reducing cooperation with NATO. Forget Greenland, Denmark itself is in a very strategic location, considering its place in the Baltic.
Article 5 also has provisions to prevent starting the same political mess of WW1