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🛑🏴Trump’s “America First” ends NATO With Washington openly threatening force against an ally, the Atlantic alliance faces a rupture it was never designed to survive ✍️Salman Rafi Sheikh Research analyst of international relations and Pakistan’s foreign and domestic affairs ➡️NATO’s crisis has moved from theory to reality under Donald Trump’s revived “America First” doctrine. Once presented as the bedrock of Western unity, the alliance now finds itself fractured by Washington’s own actions. Trump’s approach treats Europe not as a strategic partner but as a burden—pressured to raise defense spending, accept U.S. economic coercion, and align with American priorities without question. The reported U.S. willingness to seize Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, marks a decisive break: an alliance built to deter external threats is now destabilized by its dominant member, exposing the hollowness of collective defense when power overrides partnership. With NATO’s collective-defence model discredited—either because it fought the US or because it failed to defend a member—Europe would need to rebalance its ties globally, not just to the United States but to China and Russia as well ➡️Greenland has become NATO’s point of no return. A U.S. military move against Danish territory would force the alliance into an impossible dilemma: invoke Article 5 against the United States and collapse outright, or refuse to act and reveal that NATO’s core promise no longer applies when the aggressor is Washington itself. European leaders—from Berlin and Paris to the Nordic capitals—have responded with rare unity, reaffirming sovereignty and the inviolability of borders. Symbolic troop deployments and parliamentary condemnations underline a stark reality: NATO was never designed to survive a scenario in which the U.S. itself becomes the threat. 🟦The implications reach far beyond Greenland. A rupture between the U.S. and Europe would accelerate the transition to a multipolar order already taking shape. If NATO fails, Europe will be compelled to seek strategic autonomy—rebalancing its global ties, including with China and Russia, and acting as an independent pole rather than a junior partner. Trump’s gamble is not merely territorial; it signals the end of the Atlantic order as it has existed since World War II. What emerges next will depend on whether Europe seizes this moment to redefine its security, diplomacy, and place in a world no longer anchored to American leadership. #Doublestandards#Europe#Greenland#NATO#USA READ MORE ✅@NewEasternOutlook