Posted on 01/20/2026 11:46:35 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Donald Trump’s proposed takeover of Greenland is causing rifts inside Nato that have resulted in officials withholding intelligence sharing with the US.
Sources from both sides of the Atlantic warn that the US-UK security relationship is at its lowest ebb since the 1950s, putting European security at risk.
For more than 70 years, the special relationship between Britain and America has been a cornerstone of the Western alliance, with intelligence and military officials working together to combat all manner of threats, from direct war to clandestine operations.
But Trump’s ambitions to acquire Greenland for national security reasons is destroying trust and tearing long-standing agreements apart, sources have said.
A senior Nato insider told The i Paper: “It is creating tensions and distrust between European and US colleagues in Nato.
“American colleagues have come to me and said sorry; one has apologised on behalf of his nation.”
The source, who wished to remain anonymous, said staff are “not talking openly” anymore amid growing concerns that information will make its way back to Trump and could be used in an attempt to take Greenland by force.
“We used to get beers together, but now it’s really strange. I have been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan side-by-side with Americans. This is very disruptive in a way that I have never thought of before because it is so unrealistic and surprising.”
They added that some Nato staff felt the country “we all looked up to and appreciate” has now “stabbed us in the back”.
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What threats?
Bring our troops home.
No protection for Censorious Socialist Islamophiles!
Good. Let’s make it official and cut the cord.
The US always does the heavy lifting, and generally pays the bills for any international things.
No more pix of Brigette Macron’s penis.
I don’t know of any ‘threats’ Trump has made.
Does anyone in the whole of the EU and England have brains left in them?
We know they have no balls.
Britain is ruining itself, nothing to do with Trump.
Intelligence from nato?
Under the oxymoron definition, nato intelligence is listed no 1 e.g.
My guess is that the majority of the intelligence comes from the US, but if we aren't provided intelligence, then we won't provide forces if Vlad Putin decides to go crazy. How about that?
They must not realize that intelligent sharing is a two-way street. However, it shows us how they would react to our request for military help.
The threat to use military force if they won't sell. If I showed up at your house with a gun and said you could sell me your car, or I'll shoot you and take it, can you identify the threat?
IIRC, MI5-6 was hip deep in the “Russian collusion” debacle.
I doubt President Trump will lose sleep over this development.
Boy, they really are in a tizzy over nothing.
Greenland hasn’t been anything to Yoorup except a white blob on a map for hundreds of years.
It’s part of North America, and um...not the Continent.
There’s more activity in French Guiana for cripes sake. We haven’t threatened to shut down that colonial screw up, now have we?!
What are they all upset over? Give Mette Frederik $30B for the joint and she’ll be a happy girl. Maybe she was planning to deport all the Muzloids there...well, now they just have to remigrate home.
And allow the EUSSR to become the militarized threat it wants to become?
“ What threats?
The threat to use military force if they won’t sell.”
Do you have a such a quote from President Trump? I can’t find one. Not even AP or CNN can provide
Since much of the intelligence comes from us, not too much of a worry. And when it doesn’t come from us, much of the time they are telling us so we can do something about their problem.
Agreed. NATO has out lived it’s usefulness by several decades. Europe has been on a long decline into cultural suicide and totalitarianism. Long past time to cut ties. Getting Greenland on the way out is a good national security move.
Not to worry, any intelligence worth a damn that the EU comes up with, the Mossad has already taken from them.
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