Former U.S. President Donald Trump, in an April 6 statement, claimed his decision to disengage from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was partly triggered by the reaction of member states to Washington’s expressed desire to acquire Greenland.
“It all started, if you want the truth, with Greenland. We want Greenland. They don’t want to give it to us. And I said, ‘Bye-bye’,” the former American leader explained regarding the situation.
Another significant source of disappointment in NATO, according to Trump, was the bloc’s perceived lack of support for U.S. military operations against Iran. He expressed extreme dissatisfaction, emphasizing that allies “went out of their way” to avoid providing assistance to the U.S. in these operations, calling it “a stain that will never disappear.”
Earlier, on February 3, Colonel Martin O’Donnell, spokesperson for NATO’s Central Staff of Allied Forces in Europe, had confirmed the initiation of military planning for the “Arctic Guardian” mission, specifically aimed at ensuring Greenland’s security.
