Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump signs documents in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
A member of the European Parliament ridiculed President Donald Trump's top aide, Stephen Miller, implying he is ignorant about history and global affairs.
Speaking to Chris Jansing on MS NOW Tuesday, Anders Vistisen, from Denmark, said that, to some degree, they don't take Trump very seriously.
"In the sense that, of course, it's a bit annoying that every two months or so, the American president claims part of the Danish kingdom. But on the other hand, nobody really expects U.S. Marines or the military to engage in a NATO-allied country. So, I think, in Denmark, it is a great frustration that, apparently, this administration needs to deflect from their internal failures by claiming territories as Greenland, Canada or whatever else that have been mentioned during the past year."
"I don't think there's really any doubt that the USA and the military of the USA would invade Greenland that [not] much could be done about it. But as the prime minister stated, it would be a collapse of the NATO alliance to see one NATO ally attack another NATO ally's territory," he continued.
Vistisen said that he sees a big difference in what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it would mean if Trump went to war with Europe. Denmark, he noted, has been a U.S. ally for more than 70 years.
"Also the U.S. has numerous times acknowledged its sovereignty over Greenland in State Department treaties and other places," he added. "So, there's really no doubt that the territory of Greenland belongs in the Kingdom of Denmark, unless the people of Greenland decide to go in another direction. And that's a political decision for the Greenlandic people to take without any interference from overseas."
Miller appeared on CNN's Jake Tapper Monday, where he announced that the Trump administration believes it should have Greenland. Miller said that if there were to be a military action, it wouldn't be "against Greenland," implying it would be against NATO.
"What right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? What is the basis of their territorial claim? What is their basis of having Greenland as a colony of Denmark? The United States is the power of NATO, for the United States to secure the Arctic region, to protect and defend NATO and NATO interests. Obviously, Greenland should be part of the United States."
Greenland is part of NATO, and the U.S. has the Pituffik Space Base on the island. The U.S. has had a defense pact with Denmark since 1951, and the island supports a missile warning and defense system, along with space surveillance, the Space Force website explains.
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