Bangladesh, Jan. 20 -- US President Donald Trump has triggered a new wave of diplomatic controversy after publicly releasing what he claimed were private messages from senior Western leaders, including NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and French President Emmanuel Macron. The disclosures, made via Trumps Truth Social account on January 20, have added further strain to already tense relations between Washington and its European allies, while placing the long-simmering dispute over Greenland at the center of global attention ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The most striking of the posts was a message Trump attributed to NATO chief Mark Rutte. In the text, Rutte appeared to lavish praise on Trumps foreign policy record and expr...