Greenland Prime Minister Says US Will Not Get Island
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Mr. Trump’s escalating talk of seizing Greenland reflects an expansionist mind-set in his second term.
From The New York Times
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit Greenland on April 2-4 for talks with the semi-autonomous territory's new government, she said on Saturday, amid U.S. interest in taking control of ...
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Copenhagen was “open to criticism” but that “we do not appreciate the tone in which it is being delivered — this is not how you speak to your close allies”.
From The Financial Times
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Trump has dreams of Greenland. But the semiautonomous territory of Denmark wants no part of it.
The prime minister of Greenland pushed back Sunday against assertions by U.S. President Donald Trump that America will take control of the island territory.
This comes after the US President boldly stated that the US would gain possession of Greenland.Donald Trump has revealed
Trump says he won’t rule out military attack to seize Greenland - Trump doubled down on his pledge to overthrow the Danish territory stating: ‘We’ll get Greenland. Yeah, 100 percent’
Politicians in Greenland and Denmark have firmly rejected the idea, but the U.S. administration appears undeterred, so how could a U.S. takeover play out?
President Donald Trump did not rule out military force to acquire Greenland in an interview as the Danish territory continued to rebuff his advances.
Thule Air Base was renamed Pituffik Space Base in April 2023 to “recognize Greenlandic cultural heritage,” and the site continues to handle missile defense, space surveillance and a system that detects ballistic missiles before they fly near U.S. soil.
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland's prime minister, said in a Facebook post on Sunday that the United States will not be able to annex the resource-rich island in the Atlantic.
N UUK, Greenland — U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife are due to visit an American military base in Greenland on Friday in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar among Greenlanders and Danes who were irked that the original itinerary was planned without consulting them.