EU, NATO must push back on US pressure together, Danish FM says

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Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Monday (January 19) that it was essential for members of the NATO alliance and the European Union to stand together as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes the acquisition of Greenland, which Rasmussen described as a "red line." - REUTERS

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00:00It's not that they have led me to believe anything, it's just that we made an agreement.

00:05The meeting we had last week left me with a clear impression that the president honestly

00:11and full heartily wants to acquire Greenland.

00:17But we also made it tristly clear that this is a red line.

00:21And therefore for a second I thought, no, we have managed not to solve the problem but

00:25to find a pathway forward.

00:27It was disrupted by the statement from the president and that's a reality of life and

00:32that's why it's so important that all our allies in the NATO alliance, in the European

00:37Union stand up for these principles to show the American president.

00:43You have a desire, you have a vision, you have a request, but you will never be able to achieve

00:48that by putting pressure on us.

00:52That signal is of crucial importance in order to, I would say, to push the Americans back

00:58into the meeting room as we agreed last week.

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