Zeit, Trump fallen zu lassen? Die Europäer flüstern über den letzten Ausweg, um Grönland zu retten

(Submission Statement)

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As Donald Trump threatens to use the U.S. military to seize Greenland, European officials and diplomats have started quietly airing a previously unsayable thought: What would it look like to fight back?

They cannot actually fight the US military, but if the alliance is already broken, they can threaten to cut off military cooperation. They can withdraw permission for the United States to use bases on European territory to project power far from home, and they can also stop buying tens of billions of dollars worth of American weapons every year.

The big risk, some officials say, is that such a blunt challenge would rapidly escalate into a full-blown rupture in the transatlantic relationship. Others argue that the alliance is increasingly toxic under Trump and that Europe needs to move on.