President Trump is renewing his call for the U.S. to take over Greenland and says he's "not happy"with some allies as NATO summit wraps up.
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As the NATO summit enters its final day in Turkey, President Trump says he's not happy with some of America's allies
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Trump criticized NATO countries for what he called their lack of support during the Iran conflict
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then renewed his call for the U.S. to take control of Greenland. The president also revived his threat to pull American troops out of Europe over the issue
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Greenland doesn't help Denmark. Denmark doesn't spend money to really help Greenland
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but it's an important part for the United States. And it's surrounded by China ships
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and Russian ships. And that's not going to happen. The ships is not going to happen
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It was Greenland that in my and it continues to be that should be controlled by the United States
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not by Denmark. And when they wouldn't go along with it, and with all the money we spend to help
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them with Russia, and we don't have to spend any money, we could remove all of our soldiers out of
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Europe Denmark prime minister fired back saying Greenland is not for sale and calling on NATO allies to stand together in defense of the alliance I think the U position is unfortunately very clear on this topic and our position
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is as clear as it has been all through. Greenland is, of course, not for sale
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We are ready to defend every inch of NATO, including our own territory
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But one of the reasons why we have built NATO many, many years ago is if anything happens to one of us, then everybody should stand up for each other
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Trump also singled out Spain, calling it a terrible partner over its refusal to support U.S. actions against Iran and revived an earlier threat to cut off trade
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At the same time, he praised Turkey as a stronger ally than some European countries
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announcing he will lift sanctions on Ankara and will consider allowing Turkey to buy F-35 fighter jets again
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a move some NATO allies, including Greece, are urging him to reconsider
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