Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned that if the United States were to try to take over Greenland, it would spell the end of NATO. Frederiksen told the Danish state broadcaster, “If the United States chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops.” Her comments come as President Trump has repeatedly threatened to use military force to take over the autonomous Danish territory, telling reporters on Sunday, “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and Denmark is not going to be able to do it.” Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen posted on social media, “Our country is not an object in the rhetoric of a superpower. We are a people. A country. A democracy. That must be respected. Especially by close and loyal friends.” Speaking to CNN, U.S. homeland security adviser Stephen Miller asserted that the U.S. has the right to take over Greenland.

Stephen Miller: “The United States should have Greenland as part of the United States. There is no need to even think or talk about this in the context that you’re asking of a military operation. Nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland.”