Greenland crisis shows time for flattering Trump is over, former NATO boss Rasmussen says

Former Prime Minister of Denmark and former Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during the Copenhagen Democracy Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 13, 2025. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS

BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The ‌time for flattering Donald Trump is over and Europe should hit back hard economically if ‌the U.S. imposes tariffs on NATO allies that sent troops to Greenland, ex-NATO boss ‌and former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Tuesday.

Rasmussen said Trump's insistence that Greenland - a semi-autonomous Danish territory - should become part of the United States represented the biggest challenge to NATO since its establishment in 1949.