"I agree with the Danish prime minister that it will be the end of NATO, but also among people it will be also very, very negative," Andrius Kubilius told Reuters on Monday at a security conference in Sweden.Kimmo Brandt/EPA

NATO ends if Trump invades Greenland, EU commissioner warns – POLITICO

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A U.S. military takeover of Greenland would mean the end of NATO, Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius has said, echoing the view of Danish leader Mette Frederiksen.

"I agree with the Danish prime minister that it will be the end of NATO, but also among people it will be also very, very negative," Kubilius told Reuters on Monday at a security conference in Sweden.

The island is a largely autonomous part of Denmark. President Donald Trump has said the U.S. needs Greenland for its own security and that it must be owned by Washington to prevent Russia and China from taking over. An American military presence there, he added, is not enough to keep Moscow and Beijing out.