US attack on Greenland would mean end of Nato, says Danish PM

<p>Mette Frederiksen criticises Donald Trump’s ‘unacceptable pressure’ as Greenland counterpart condemns ‘fantasies’ </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/05/venezuela-live-updates-trump-us-interim-president-collaborate">Venezuela live – latest updates</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/05/europe-greenland-denmark-eu-venezuela-trump-latest-news-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>An attack by the United States on a Nato ally would mean the end of both the military alliance and “post-second world war security”, Denmark’s leader has warned, after Donald Trump threatened again to take over Greenland.</p><p>Fresh from his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/tactical-surprise-and-air-dominance-how-the-us-snatched-maduro-in-two-and-a-half-hours">military operation in Venezuela</a>, the US president said on Sunday the US needed Greenland “very badly” – renewing fears of a US invasion of the largely autonomous island, which is a former Danish colony and remains part of the Danish kingdom. Greenland’s foreign and security policy continues to be controlled by Copenhagen.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/05/trump-must-give-up-fantasies-about-annexation-says-greenland-pm">Continue reading...</a>