Greenland, Denmark and Trump
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White House discussing options to acquire Greenland
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance.
The White House's moves in Venezuela have elevated again concerns in Copenhagen that the same could happen with Greenland, a Danish territory.
Only Denmark and Greenland can decide questions about the future of the Arctic island, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday when asked about U.S. threats of annexation. "The future of Greenland is a decision exclusively for the people of Greenland and Denmark,
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warns that President Donald Trump's Greenland annexation threats could end NATO, saying military action against ally would stop security alliance formed after WWII.
President Donald Trump’s renewed insistence that the United States should "get Greenland" has reopened a diplomatic wound between Washington and Copenhagen, reviving memories of the only time the US successfully purchased Danish territory: the 1917 acquisition of the Danish West Indies.
The wife of Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted a photo implying a U.S. takeover of Greenland, hours after the U.S. attacks on Venezuela.
Trump administration official Stephen Miller argued Greenland should be part of the United States in an interview on CNN, questioning Denmark's territorial claim.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said President Trump’s threats “should be taken seriously” and warned against action to annex the semiautonomous Danish territory.
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday that she believes U.S. President Donald Trump is serious about wanting to take over Greenland, and that both Denmark and Greenland have clearly rejected his ambition.
President Donald Trump said in an interview published Sunday that the United States needs to annex Greenland "for defense," drawing condemnation and demands from Denmark to stop threatening annexation.
D anish officials think they know how Donald Trump might seize Greenland. In a late-night Truth Social post, the president announces that the Danish territory is now an American p