Denmark labels US as possible security threat over ‘uncertainty’

Published December 10, 2025 12:35pm ET



Denmark’s military intelligence service for the first time suggested it sees the United States as a possible threat, amid deepening concerns surrounding the Trump administration’s shifting stance toward European allies. 

In its annual forecast published on Wednesday, the Danish Defense Intelligence Service raised doubts about the U.S.’s commitment to Europe’s security. The intelligence report came after the Pentagon recently released a new national security strategy that cast Washington’s relationship with the continent in a more transactional light, stating, “it is far from obvious whether certain European countries will have economies and militaries strong enough to remain reliable allies.” 

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