Davos. Greenland. Tension.
NATO official confirms authenticity of Rutte's message to Trump
From CNN's Lex Harvey and Rebekah Riess
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks with US President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 13, 2025.
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After US President Donald Trump posted a screenshot to social media of a message in which NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praised Trump, a NATO official has now confirmed authenticity of the message to CNN.
“Mr. President dear Donald - what you accomplished in Syria today is incredible,” the message reads.
“I will use my media engagements in Davos to highlight your work there, in Gaza, and in Ukraine. I am committed to finding a way forward on Greenland. Cant wait to see you. Yours, Mark”
The screenshot was posted alongside the caption, “Thank you to Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO!”
Remember: Rutte has been very complimentary of Trump in the past, praising the president for kickstarting talks on Russia and Ukraine in a December interview with CNN, and last summer calling Trump’s attack on Iran’s nuclear program “extremely impressive.”
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"If someone attacks Greenland, we will fight back," Greenland parliament member says
From CNN's Charlotte Reck
The people of Greenland are prepared to defend their nation against potential attacks, according to a Greenlandic member of parliament.
Speaking to CNN’s Audie Cornish on Tuesday, Kuno Fencker asserted that there is no appetite in Greenland to be “annexed again by any country.”
“If someone attacks the people of Greenland, of course, we will fight back. No matter what,” the parliamentarian explained, adding, “We will fight for our sovereignty … We will fight for our right to be heard.”
Fencker, who belongs to the country’s centrist, pro-independence party Naleraq, acknowledged that Greenland sits in a far weaker military position than the United States, “We don’t even have a military,” he said.
But the lawmaker reiterated Greenland’s stance to protect itself from a US incursion and work lawfully toward sovereignty, “We want to cooperate with Denmark, according to the law,” he said. ‘CNN.Com
The World watches and waits as tensions over Greenland spike to a high level pitch. The fragile balance that keeps the Geopolitical universe in check shows signs of extreme strain. As America enters unchartered territory with invading other nations and demanding massive land masses be handed over, the rest of the World will respond in kind. The response is what everyone is waiting on.
