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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said there was “no going back” on his goal to control Greenland, refusing to rule out taking the Arctic island by force and rounding on allies as European leaders struggled to respond.

Trump’s ambition — spelled out in social media posts and mock-up AI images — to wrest sovereignty over Greenland from fellow North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) member Denmark has threatened to blow apart the alliance that has underpinned Western security for decades. It has also threatened to reignite a trade war with Europe that rattled markets and companies for months last year, though Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pushed back against what he called “hysteria’ over Greenland.

“As I expressed to everyone, very plainly, Greenland is imperative for National and World Security. There can be no going back” On that, everyone agrees!” Trump said after speaking to Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte.

To drive home the message, Trump posted an AI image of himself in Greenland, holding a US flag. Another showed him speaking to leaders next to a map showing Canada and Greenland as part of the US.