00:00U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that picking between controlling Greenland and
00:06maintaining the NATO alliance could be a potential choice for Washington. Trump's comments come
00:12amid his renewed push to acquire the island in the Arctic Circle. Speaking in an interview with
00:19the New York Times, Trump said his personal sense of right and wrong provides the sole
00:24limitation on his authority to deploy U.S. military force globally. The U.S. leader also
00:31hinted that the NATO alliance would be toothless without the U.S. Both Denmark and Greenland's
00:38governments have rejected Trump's proposals to purchase or seize the island. But the escalating
00:44rhetoric has sent shockwaves and alarm to NATO allies who are now confronted with serious
00:50questions about the future of the alliance. Despite describing himself as a peace president
00:57and expressing interest in the Nobel Prize, Trump has authorized military strikes in Iran,
01:03Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and Venezuela since beginning his second term in office last
01:11year.
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