Big budget pledges may mollify Trump, but Greenland shows why NATO is still on edge

Open this photo in gallery: NATO allies agreed to take on much more of the burden of their defence and global security by pledging to spend 3.5 per cent of their GDP on defence.Brendan Smialowski/The Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump made unusually positive remarks about the NATO alliance at a summit in The Hague, praising leaders (except Spain's) for committing to a landmark increase in defence spending. Leaders declared their "ironclad" commitment to common defence. This was big. In theory, it signalled a power shift, with European allies - and Canada - agreeing to take on much more of…