NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte spoke with US President Donald Trump about the escalating dispute between the US and Europe over Greenland, Rutte said in a post on X on Sunday. The two spoke about "the security situation in Greenland and the Arctic,

A MERICA’S HUNGER for Greenland is setting off an explosive row within NATO . President Donald Trump, infuriated by European allies’ resistance to his effort to annex the autonomous Danish territory,

European Union ambassadors held an emergency meeting on Sunday, and leaders from across the 27-nation bloc will meet in Brussels later this week.

In a joint statement, leaders of eight countries said they stand in "full solidarity" with Denmark and Greenland. Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen added: "Europe will not be blackmailed."

Nathalie Tocci, director of the Institute of International Affairs in Italy, described Trump as pursuing a policy that is “consistently imperial” which will allow other empires, such as Russia and China, to flourish. Tocci added, “Certainly it’s more comfortable for Putin and Xi Jinping to be their imperial selves where that’s the new norm.”

Trump’s threat to annex an autonomous part of Denmark has plunged NATO into an unprecedented situation: An alliance based on collective defense now faces the prospect that one member might attack another.

An Austrian campaigner’s warning that the European Union would take over U.S. military bases in Europe if Washington invades Greenland has been mischaracterised online as having been said by an EU or NATO official.

While Europe is pushing back publicly against U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland, the language appears softer behind the scenes. Trump published a text message on Tuesday that he received from French President Emmanuel Macron,