Trump’s Greenland threats echo dark moments of cold war alliances

<p>Soviet invasions of allies helped destroy the Warsaw Pact – Trump’s dangerous rhetoric risks repeating the mistake inside Nato</p><p>Donald Trump’s echoing of Russia’s talking points in its war against Ukraine has long been a cause for alarm and dismay in the west.</p><p>Now an even more disturbing Kremlin precedent dating from the cold war is being evoked by the US president’s fixation on taking over Greenland – that of carrying out attacks on military allies.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/11/trumps-greenland-threats-echo-dark-moments-of-cold-war-alliances">Continue reading...</a>