Where is transatlantic intelligence-sharing headed under the Trump administration?

The Conversation · 🇦🇺 public Australia · Apr 01, 2026 · 1064 words · By Hager Ben Jaffel

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What happened

Repeated threats to annex Greenland, controversial diplomatic statements, and, more broadly, the antagonistic stance of the American executive toward Europeans point to an unprecedented climate of distrust among transatlantic allies, of which the latest Davos…

Why it matters

But what about alliances between intelligence services?

Common ground

Often perceived as domestic instruments of political power, intelligence services are, in fact, highly internationalised and enjoy significant autonomy in their dealings with foreign counterparts, though this can occasionally be disrupted by political…

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Where is transatlantic intelligence-sharing headed under the Trump administration??
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The Davos forum hosted European and Anglo-American intelligence chiefs, including the CIA, in a key meeting to preserve ties with the 'Old Continent'?
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Claim 1: “The Davos forum hosted European and Anglo-American intelligence chiefs, including the CIA, in a key meeting to preserve ties with the 'Old Continent'”

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Claim 2: “Intelligence primarily falls under the purview of career professionals, not politicians”

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Claim 3: “The British and Danish intelligence services have indicated that they are limiting – but not completely halting – their exchanges with their American counterparts”

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Claim 4: “The CIA now appears to have returned to favour with the White House, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the fight against drug trafficking and the conflict in Iran to reaffirm its relevance and legitimacy to political power”

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Claim 5: “Repeated threats to annex Greenland, controversial diplomatic statements, and, more broadly, the antagonistic stance of the American executive toward Europeans point to an unprecedented climate of distrust among transatlantic allies”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and is the largest of the kingdom's three constituent parts by land area, the others being Denmark proper and the Faroe Islands. Citizens…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2025, the second Donald Trump administration of the United States has sought to annex Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark (itself in the European Union), triggering an ongoing internat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States has discussed obtaining Greenland from Denmark since the 19th century. There were talks within the US federal government about purchasing Greenland in 1867, advocated by secretary of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_United_States_acquisi…

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Claim 6: “The Danish military intelligence service monitored the communications of several European political leaders on behalf of the NSA”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Security Agency (NSA) is an intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the director of national intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Operation Dunhammer (Danish for Operation Typha) was an internal investigation conducted by the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (Danish: Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste, FE) which concluded the a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dunhammer

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the 2010s, international media reports revealed new operational details about the Anglophone cryptographic agencies' global surveillance of both foreign and domestic nationals. The reports most…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowden_disclosures

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Claim 7: “The appointment of controversial figures to lead several agencies, instead of career officials, reflects an effort to align leadership more closely with political and ideological priorities”

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Claim 8: “The appointment of controversial figures to lead several agencies, instead of career officials, reflects an effort to align leadership more closely with political and ideological priorities”

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Claim 9: “Brexit did not lead to any major rupture in relations between the British police and their European counterparts”

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Claim 10: “Exchanges between the DGSE and the CIA continued despite disagreements over the war in Iraq”

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Claim 11: “The Danish military intelligence service went so far as to designate the United States as a national security threat, alongside China and Russia”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chinese Americans are Americans of Chinese ancestry. They have ancestors from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, as well as other regions of the Chinese diaspora, especiall…
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Claim 12: “Services do not share all their secrets, all the time, with everyone”

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Claim 13: “Intelligence alliances follow a logic of their own rather than unwavering loyalty to political authority”

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Claim 14: “The United States has repeatedly threatened to annex Greenland”

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