The UK could send troops to Greenland as Donald Trump threatens to take it from Denmark. It comes as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer reportedly shares President Trump’s view that action is needed to ensure the West is secure against the threat of Russia and China.
However, Sir Keir told Trump in a phone call earlier this week that only Denmark and Greenland can decide the territory’s future. The telephonic conversation between the two global leaders was followed by a number of diplomatic moves. The PM is now planning to get on calls with Danish PM Mette Frederiksen and NATO boss Mark Rutte. The US President has reignited the conversation about acquiring Denmark, which at the present, is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
On Thursday, Sir Keir had a call with the US President, before speaking with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday.
According to Downing Street, the leaders discussed how NATO needed to “step up” in the High North, which includes Greenland, to deter Russia.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: ‘The UK should offer to send troops to Greenland as part of a joint NATO operation under Danish and UK command.
‘If Trump is serious about security, he’d agree to participate and drop his outrageous threats. Tearing the NATO alliance apart would only play into the hands of Putin.’
A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: ‘The UK is committed to working with NATO allies to strengthen NATO’s Arctic deterrence and defence.’
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: “The UK should offer to send troops to Greenland as part of a joint NATO operation under Danish and UK command.
“If Trump is serious about security, he’d agree to participate and drop his outrageous threats. Tearing the NATO alliance apart would only play into the hands of Putin.”
A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: “The UK is committed to working with NATO allies to strengthen NATO’s Arctic deterrence and defence.”
