Trump’s comments about lack of NATO support are ‘offensive and deplorable’, says UK PM Keir Starmer

In Davos, Trump insists on purchasing Greenland and says he will not use force, but threatens Europe and NATO UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer called US President Donald Trump’s comments “offensive” and “deplorable” when he referred to an alleged lack of NATO support for the US. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp “I consider President Trump’s statements to be offensive and, frankly, deplorable, and I am not surprised that they have caused so much pain to the families of those who were killed or injured,” Starmer told journalists this Friday (23). Trump has constantly complained about the military alliance’s alleged lack of support for US interests. The Republican even claimed that the troops sent by NATO countries to Afghanistan did not act on the front line during the American campaign in the country — which is not true. Comments about Afghanistan prompted Starmer’s comments this Friday. The United Kingdom lost 182 people killed in combat at home. On Thursday, Trump had suggested that the country should call on NATO to deal with immigration on the border with Mexico, treating the entry of migrants as an “invasion”. In a post on a social network, Trump stated that the US could invoke Article 5 of the military alliance treaty – which provides for collective defense in the event of an attack – to force allies to help protect the border. “Perhaps we should have put NATO to the test: invoked Article 5 and forced NATO to come here to protect our southern border against further invasions by illegal immigrants, thereby freeing up large numbers of Border Patrol agents for other tasks,” he wrote. NATO’s Article 5 has never been used to deal with immigration and is traditionally associated with armed attacks against member states. The United States invoked the mechanism only once, in 2001, after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Trump’s statements were made amid tensions between Americans and Europe. The president has been putting pressure on allied countries by advocating that the US take control of Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark. On Wednesday (21), during the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Trump stated that no country other than the USA is capable of guaranteeing the security of Greenland. He also said that he does not intend to use force to take the territory, but again threatened NATO with retaliation. “We’ve never asked NATO for anything and we’ve never gotten anything from the alliance. And we probably won’t get anything unless I decide to employ excessive force,” he said. “We have taken care of NATO’s needs for years and years and we are treated very unfairly by the alliance,” he added. Earlier on Thursday, Trump stated that he had made progress in negotiations with NATO over Greenland. According to him, the United States seeks full access to the island. READ ALSO Trump threatens Iran again and says that ‘great force’ is on the way to the Middle East In a message to the USA, the European Union says it will defend itself against ‘coercion’ and announces military investments in the Arctic In Ukraine, lack of warming due to Russian attacks makes families seek shelter; VIDEO The President of the United States, Donald Trump, during a meeting with the Secretary General of NATO, on January 21, 2026 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst VIDEOS: trending on g1 See the videos that are trending on g1

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