NATO boss Mark Rutte said Trump "has been right many times" and played it cool when grilled by members of the European Parliament on the president-elect's Greenland plans. Rutte urged EU states to boost defense spending.

Russia will demand Ukraine drastically cut back military ties with the NATO alliance and become a neutral state with a limited army in any talks with Trump.

Just as the inauguration for the second term of President-elect Donald Trump comes closer, the nation and the world wait with bated breath if Trump will enact his campaign promises. One such statement that affects the world at large is Trump’s disdain for NATO and his affiliation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump’s demand that the Nato allies spend significantly more on defence is the opening salvo in a new era of transatlantic tensions.