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The United States is a “reliable ally”, a senior Government minister has insisted, amid Donald Trump’s threats to take over Greenland.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden was asked by Sky News about the US President after he kicked off 2026 with annexation proposals for the Arctic island and his administration’s capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.

Mr McFadden replied: “The United States is a reliable ally. We believe that to be the case, we see that every day.

“But we also know the world is changing and we’ve got to step up, and Europe’s got to step up, and, actually, President Trump may have his own style, he’s not the first US President to say that.

“I think the thing that we’ve really got to understand about the world is that hard and soft power have to go together.”