Trump blasts ‘I’m the one who SAVED NATO’ as alliance plans ‘Arctic Sentry’ mission to stop US seizing Greenland

DONALD Trump has claimed to be the saviour of Nato amid plans for a joint Arctic Sentry mission to protect Greenland. Britain, France and Germany are all believed to be backing the operation - which would involve US forces - to boost security in the Arctic after the US President claimed that it is plagued with Russian and Chinese submarines. Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz spoke about the proposal in a video call on Friday, and today Nato’s Secretary General Mark Rutte called the Arctic a “priority”. Yet, this did not seem to soothe Trump who spoke out on his social media platform, Truth Social, today: “I’m the one who SAVED NATO!!! President DJT.” While the US President did not point to the source of his fury, this comes as more details about the mission have been revealed. “Arctic Sentry” would be modelled off of Nato’s “Baltic Sentry” - a mission to guard undersea pipelines from sabotage - and “Eastern Sentry” - aimed at protecting territory along the Eastern Flank. Both operations combine forces from multiple nations, deploying drones, sensors and other technology to monitor land and sea, as Vladimir Putin continues with his war rhetoric against the alliance. Still in its early stages, “Arctic Sentry” could see the deployment of British soldiers to the territory of Greenland, part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Belgium’s defence minister, Theo Francken, said in a phone interview on Sunday that there is a need for “a Nato operation in the high north”. “We have to collaborate, work together and show strength and unity,” he added, hinting at the possible fracture of the military alliance that has existed for 76 years, as of this month. Most read in The US Sun He also acknowledged Greenland’s strategic importance but warned that “we need to sort this out like friends and allies, like we always do”. Trump has said the US must occupy Greenland to prevent Russia or China from attacking it. He says a US military presence on the 836,000 square mile island is simply not enough, and is still to rule out invading it and taking it by force. Some experts have suggested that the Arctic territory’s minerals are what he is really after. European leaders still appear to be tiptoeing around Trump, particularly after the US airstrikes on Venezuela in the first week of January. But a similar move from Trump could throw the mere existence of Nato into the abyss. The European Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius, warned that a US military takeover would be the end of Nato. Four ways Trump could take Greenland By Harvey Geh, Foreign News Reporter HERE are four ways Donald Trump could take over Greenland: Invade : Trump would have little issue using the world’s strongest military to annex a poorly defended target such as Greenland. Denmark may even surrender before a fight takes place to avoid the risk of a full-blown Nato collapse. But any attack could still fall victim...

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