NewsTracker Answers for week of Dec. 15, 2025

Q: A Danish intelligence report last week describes the United States as a potential threat to Denmark’s national security because of the Trump administration's apparent willingness to use economic and military coercion "to enforce its will," even against its NATO allies. Where is Denmark?

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Q: It was the first time Denmark said its “closest ally” might be an unreliable protector of Europe. President Donald Trump has said he would not rule out using force to take over which island that is part of Denmark?

A. Bornholm

B. Funen

C. Greenland

D. Zealand

C. Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, which has held sovereignty over the world’s largest island since 1721. Bornholm, Funen, and Zealand are among the 406 islands and the northern Jutland Peninsula that make up Denmark proper. The Faroe Islands, also located in the North Atlantic, are another autonomous territory of Denmark.

Q: Denmark has been a military ally of the United States since 1949, when seven nations formed NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization). How many nations now belong to NATO?

A. 22

B. 32

C. 42

D. 52

B. NATO has 32 member-nations, including the United States, Canada, and 30 European countries. The alliance’s top official warned last week that Russia could attack NATO within the next five years and urged members to prepare. Seven NATO nations share land borders with Russia and its close military ally Belarus.

Q: Denmark’s intelligence report followed the release of Trump’s National Security Strategy, which criticized most European nations while emphasizing U.S. goals in the Western Hemisphere. Which nation praised the U.S. strategy?

A. Argentina

B. Britain

C. China

D. Russia

D. Moscow praised Trump’s latest policies as aligning with Russian thinking. The strategy criticizes the European Union and warns that Europe is at risk of “civilizational erasure” under liberal leaders. It says NATO should stop expanding. Russia is no longer identified as a security “threat,” and the strategy calls for more diplomatic engagement with Russia.

Q: Denmark is a member of the European Union, an economic and political union of 27 nations that the U.S. security strategy calls a threat to democracy. Which of the world’s top three economies is the largest?

A. China

B. European Union

C. United States

A. China had a Real GDP of $38 trillion last year, compared with $29 trillion for the United States and $28 trillion for the nations of the European Union, according to the World Bank. Real GDP uses exchange rates to measure the sum value of all goods and services produced in an economy valued at prices prevailing in the United States.