{"id":13046,"date":"2026-02-14T17:07:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/13046\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T17:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:07:46","slug":"trumps-greenland-threats-push-europe-toward-divorcing-america-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/13046\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Greenland threats push Europe toward divorcing America \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe coalition of the willing started as being about Ukraine,\u201d said another diplomat. \u201cBut it has created very close ties between some of the key people in the capitals. They have been building up trust and also aptitude to work together. They know each other by name and it\u2019s easy to reach out and to send texts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Who needs NATO, anyway?<\/p>\n<p>This format could potentially become the seedbed for a new security alliance in an era when the U.S. no longer supports NATO and European security. A new arrangement wouldn\u2019t exclude cooperation with America, but nor would it take it for granted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also in the text chats with the Washington Group leaders is Zelenskyy himself, which brings another intriguing idea into the mix. Ukraine is by far the most militarized country among those represented, with a huge army, a highly sophisticated drone production industry, and more expertise in the realities of fighting a war than anyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/13500627-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7784961\"  \/>Ukrainian servicemen conducting training in the Kharkhiv region in November last year. Ukraine is by far the most militarized country among those represented in the coalition. | 127th Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defence\/EPA<\/p>\n<p>While Ukraine has long sought membership in NATO, that now seems less of a prize than it once did, as America\u2019s promises to underpin any security guarantees grow less convincing by the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Ukraine\u2019s military might were to be included, when added to that of France, Germany, Poland and the U.K., among others, the potential armed power of the coalition of the willing would be vast, and would include both nuclear and non-nuclear states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although Europe\u2019s need to defend itself with less American support is an old topic of conversation, recent days have seen a flurry of initiatives and headlines from Brussels. Officially, the EU has resolved to be able to defend itself by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe coalition of the willing started as being about Ukraine,\u201d said another diplomat. \u201cBut it has created very&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2384,9821,1528,9922,5025,219,624,3390,229,184,230,3372,234,235,190,3653,57,159,1317,2000,1596,4174,1111,157,182,213,2276,1536,240,241,294,76,1888,4247,3399],"class_list":{"0":"post-13046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-greenland","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-alexander-stubb","10":"tag-americas","11":"tag-andrius-kubilius","12":"tag-buildings","13":"tag-cooperation","14":"tag-crisis","15":"tag-davos","16":"tag-defense","17":"tag-donald-trump","18":"tag-emmanuel-macron","19":"tag-european-defense","20":"tag-france","21":"tag-friedrich-merz","22":"tag-germany","23":"tag-giorgia-meloni","24":"tag-greenland","25":"tag-italy","26":"tag-keir-starmer","27":"tag-macron","28":"tag-mark-rutte","29":"tag-middle-east","30":"tag-military","31":"tag-norway","32":"tag-poland","33":"tag-rights","34":"tag-security","35":"tag-tariffs","36":"tag-trade","37":"tag-ukraine","38":"tag-united-kingdom","39":"tag-united-states","40":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen","41":"tag-venezuela","42":"tag-volodymyr-zelenskyy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}