One of Donald Trump’s most influential aides, Stephen Miller says Greenland should become part of the US in order to protect Nato and the Arctic.
In an interview Miller said the US would rule out the use of force to annex the semi-autonomous region of fellow Nato member Denmark, Miller said nobody is going to fight the US over the future of Greenland.
Trump had on Sunday repeated his insistence that the US needs Greenland, to the consternation of Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen who said an attack by the US would spell the end of Nato.
Six European allies rallied to Denmark’s support with a joint statement on Tuesday.
“Greenland belongs to its people, and only Denmark and Greenland can decide on matters concerning their relations,” read the statement by the leaders of the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and Denmark.
He went on: “By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? What is their basis of claiming Greenland as a colony of Denmark?”
The top Trump aide also said the US “is the power of Nato. For the US to secure the Arctic region, to protect and defend Nato and Nato interests, obviously Greenland should be part of the US.”
Nato is a trans-Atlantic military group where allies are expected to go to each other’s aid in case of external attacks.
The issue of Greenland’s future resurfaced in the wake of the US military intervention in Venezuela, during which elite troops went in to seize the country’s President Nicolás Maduro and take him to face drugs and weapons charges in New York.
