Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt speak at a news conference at the Embassy of Denmark (AP photo) Officials from Greenland and Denmark met in Washington on Wednesday with senior White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, amid renewed remarks by US […]
Danish PM Mette Frederiksen and US President Donald Trump Denmark has warned that its troops are under standing orders to “shoot first and ask questions later” if Greenland comes under attack, as anxiety grows in Europe over the United States under Persident Donald Trump openly weighing military action to seize the Arctic territory.The country’s defence […]
The Trump administration is considering a plan to offer direct cash payments to Greenlanders in an effort to persuade them to break away from Denmark and move closer to the United States, according to multiple sources cited by news agency Reuters.US officials have talked internally about offering lump sum payments of between $10,000 and $100,000 […]
US secretary of state Marco Rubio (Pic credit: AP) In a blunt message, US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Friday said Denmark must reckon with the reality that “Greenlanders don’t want to be a part of it.”“Denmark should focus on the fact that the Greenlanders don’t want to be a part of Denmark,” Rubio […]
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen addressed the issue of Greenland’s sovereignty on Thursday during her visit to the autonomous Danish region, firmly stating to the US that territorial annexation was not permissible.Frederiksen, speaking in English, said, “You cannot annex another country.”The US-Denmark relationship has grown tense following repeated assertions by […]
