'There really are no substantive concessions that Mark Rutte could have given Trump', FRANCE 24's Brussels correspondent Dave Keating explains, adding that the NATO chief may 'have just explained to Trump the existing rights that the US has in Greenland and sold this to Trump as something new'.

NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte explained to FOX News' 'Special Report,' that President Trump has pushed NATO countries into increasing their defense spending: MARK RUTTE: As I said this morning and a panel address,

One of the consequences of disputes between the United States and European countries over Greenland could be a more complicated process of engaging NATO members in participation in the PURL program for Ukraine,

Germany and France were the latest NATO members to announce that they will send troops to Greenland

She called on allies to "double down" and unite around the shared threat of Russian aggression.

Trilateral talks between the US, Denmark, and Greenland earlier this week also saw Donald Trump stand firm on acquiring the self-governed Danish territory

There is no formal India-UAE-Israel military alliance today, just as Turkey has not formally joined any Saudi-Pakistan defence bloc. What exists is strategic hedging.

Trump told Fox News said that while NATO answered America’s call to send troops to the country in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, “they stayed a little back.” Politicians and military figures have expressed anger at Trump’s remarks.