BRITAIN joined a European statement of support for Danish sovereignty over Greenland yesterday — but Downing Street declined to commit to defending it from Donald Trump.

The US leader has reiterated threats to annex the territory in recent days.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and counterparts from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Denmark issued a joint statement saying: “The Kingdom of Denmark — including Greenland — is part of Nato.”

They called for “upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders,” adding that these are “universal principles,” despite the same countries’ failure to denounce the US assault on Venezuela.

Asked later if Britain would fight to defend Greenland from attack, though, a Downing Street spokesperson refused to be drawn into “hypotheticals.”

Stop the War coalition convener Lindsey German said European powers were in a “total mess,” knowing Mr Trump’s actions in Venezuela were “completely illegal and unjustified but… appeasing him as they always do.

“At the same time the threat to Greenland if carried through tears a gigantic hole in the Nato alliance.

“We can expect nothing from this pusillanimous leaders but must build a massive anti-war movement to stop Trump.”

Communist Party leader Robert Griffiths told the Morning Star that the “so-called ‘coalition of the willing’ is no more willing to lift a finger in defence of the UN Charter, international law and national sovereignty in the case of Greenland than in that of Venezuela.

“Their dog-like devotion of European leaders to Nato — under US control as ever — binds them hand and foot to the interests of US oil and arms corporations.”

It was vital to “mobilise for mass demonstrations in solidarity with the peoples of Venezuela, Palestine and all the other countries threatened by the warmongering maniacs in the White House,” he said.