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The crisis has spread to encompass the security of all of Europe, said Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and Vivian Motzfeldt after meetings in the EU and NATO.

Will the EU target American jeans and whiskey? Europe is preparing for the worst

Monday, Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen (V) and Greenland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vivian Motzfeldt, met with the EU’s foreign affairs chief, Kaja Kallas, and NATO’s Secretary General, Mark Rutte. Foto: John Thys/Ritzau Scanpix
Monday, Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen (V) and Greenland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vivian Motzfeldt, met with the EU’s foreign affairs chief, Kaja Kallas, and NATO’s Secretary General, Mark Rutte. Foto: John Thys/Ritzau Scanpix
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There was silence, and there was some shuffling of feet among the two ministers in the Danish NATO room when Politiken posed the question:

Will you still say that the USA is our closest ally, and can you be assured that the USA will come to our rescue if we need it?

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