In an unprecedented statement released Tuesday, seven European leaders essentially told the U.S. president to back off. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland," it read. "It would mean the end of NATO," said Kerry Buck, a former Canadian ambassador to NATO between 2015 and 2019. During a meeting with Frederiksen in Paris Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney struck a similar tone to the statement by the European leaders. Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on Sept. 17, 2025.

Source: CBC News January 07, 2026 21:00 UTC