US EditionShaheen Shares Concerns About Greenland, NATO, Putin
Brig. Gen. Richard Shirreff says Trump’s rhetoric and policies have eroded NATO trust and unity, prompting Europe to pursue greater defense independence, with a $170 billion EU defense plan underway.
- Brigadier General Sir Richard Shirreff warned Donald Trump, US President, represents a greater threat to NATO than Vladimir Putin, Russian president, and said Trump's Greenland threats are `absolutely not bluster`.
- The European Union proposed building a stronger, independent military after pledging $170 billion, with European financial institutions holding more than $3 trillion in U.S. treasuries and readying its `anti-coercion instrument`.
- Experts point out Jon B. Alterman said Putin's war unified NATO but Trump is more `open to persuasion`, while a CNN poll shows 75 percent oppose Trump's Greenland plan.
- The EU prepared to deploy its `anti-coercion instrument`, while Danish pension funds began divesting from U.S. debt and various European countries made symbolic troop deployments ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
- Analysts warn a divided transatlantic relationship could benefit Vladimir Putin, while observers say European trust in the U.S. has evaporated and Shirreff urged European leaders to `Europeanise` for independence.
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A former NATO commander sees Donald Trump as a greater threat to the alliance than Vladimir Putin. Trump's threats against Greenland in particular cause trouble.
The Independent
The Independent (US)Trump is a bigger threat to Nato than Putin, says alliance’s former commander
The American leader imperilled the future of the alliance with repeated threats to seize Greenland and attacks on European allies. General Richard Shirreff tells Maira Butt that the US President has turned the international order into a ‘dead duck’
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Europe’s Delusions of Power
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