The prime minister of Denmark has instructed Donald Trump to “stop the threats” of annexing Greenland.
Mette Frederiksen said that “it makes absolutely no sense to speak about the necessity for the United States to take over Greenland” and that “the US has no authority to annex any of the three states in the Danish monarchy.”
Her comments follow the tweeting of a map of Greenland in the colors of the American flag with the word “SOON” by Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, one of Trump’s advisors.
Citing Greenland’s strategic position and resource richness, Trump has often suggested that the US may acquire it. Following Frederiksen’s remarks, he intensified his allegations.
Frederiksen claimed to be speaking “quite directly” to the United States in her message, which was published on the Danish official website.
Denmark, “and hence Greenland,” she claimed, was a member of NATO and protected by the alliance’s security guarantee. She said that Denmark has increased its expenditure in Arctic security and that it already had a defense deal with the US that allowed it access to Greenland.
She said, “I would thus strongly advise the United States to halt the threats against a historically close partner and against another nation and another people who have very clearly stated that they are not for sale.”
Trump restated the objective aboard Air Force One a few hours later. “From a national security perspective, we need Greenland, and Denmark is not going to be able to accomplish that,” he said.
In response to the tweet by Mrs. Miller, a right-wing podcaster and former Trump assistant during his first term, the Danish ambassador to the US earlier said that Denmark demanded respect for its territorial integrity and offered a “kind reminder” that the two nations were friends.
The conversation follows the US’s significant military operation against Venezuela on Saturday, which resulted in the capture and transportation of the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, and his spouse to New York.
Later, Trump said that US oil firms would “start generating money for the nation” and that the US would “control” Venezuela.
In the past, the US president has not ruled out using force to gain control of the large Arctic island of Greenland.
Because of its strategic position and wealth of minerals essential to high-tech industries, Trump has said that annexing it would benefit US security interests.
Denmark were incensed about the Trump administration’s recent decision to send a special envoy to Greenland.
With a population of 57,000, Greenland has had significant self-government since 1979, although Danish control over foreign policy and defense still exists.
Although the majority of Greenlanders want future independence from Denmark, surveys reveal strong hostility to joining the US.
