The Telegraph: Europe Discusses NATO Troop Deployment To Greenland
5- 11.01.2026, 13:13
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To ease Trump's fears.
European allies are in talks to deploy forces to Greenland to counter the growing threat from China and Russia. In this way, Europe hopes that an increased presence in the Arctic will convince Trump to abandon his ambitions to annex the strategic island.
British officials, together with their counterparts from Germany and France, are drawing up plans for a possible NATO mission in Greenland, which US President Donald Trump is threatening to seize for security reasons. This is reported by The Telegraph.
The project, still at an early stage, could involve deploying soldiers, warships and aircraft to defend Greenland from Moscow and Beijing. European countries are hoping that a significant increase in their presence in the Arctic will convince the White House chief to abandon plans to take over the island and allow Trump to claim a victory for U.S. taxpayers, arguing that Europe is paying most of the cost of protecting the Atlantic.
Trump has expressed concern that Russia or China will take over the island if he does not, stressing that the U.S. will not have Russia or China as a neighbor.
Government sources told the publication that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer took the threat from Russia and China extremely seriously and agreed that action should be taken.
"We share President Trump's views - Russia's growing aggression in the High North must be contained and Euro-Atlantic security strengthened," sources in the British government told The Telegraph.
One of the ideas voiced by Trump, however, does not rule out the use of military force to bring the island under American control. And since Greenland, as part of Denmark, is a NATO territory, the 75-year-old alliance might just fall apart. European countries are hoping to steer Trump away from the abyss by offering to station their military forces on the island.
The idea was discussed at a meeting of NATO allies in Brussels. The Supreme Headquarters of Allied nations in Europe is to determine what more can be done to secure the Arctic. It could be full troop deployments or a combination of time-limited exercises, intelligence sharing, capability development and changes in defense spending. That said, any operation would likely be conducted under the NATO banner and would be separate from existing missions in the Baltic and Poland.
Europe is preparing sanctions for the US
The Telegraph notes that the European Union is drawing up plans to sanction US companies if Trump rejects a proposal to deploy NATO forces to Greenland. Technology giants such as Meta, Google, Microsoft and X could be banned from operating on the continent, as could US banks and financial firms.
A more extreme option would be to evict the US military from its bases in Europe, depriving it of a key staging ground for operations in the Middle East and elsewhere.
It is noted that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to meet his Danish counterpart next week, and European officials hope he can exert a restraining influence on Trump.
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