Denmark said it will boost its troop presence in Greenland but stopped short of elaborating on whether the move was aimed at deterring potential American aggression on the autonomous Danish island.
Denmark said it will boost its troop presence in Greenland but stopped short of elaborating on whether the move was aimed at deterring potential American aggression on the autonomous Danish island.
President Donald Trump said anything less than full American control of Greenland would be unacceptable, and he urged NATO to back his bid to wrest the huge island territory from fellow ally Denmark.
The Arctic is rapidly becoming a front line for NATO competition with Russia and China, as adversaries expand their presence in the High North and probe alliance defenses, the top American general in Europe said.