Greenland, Donald Trump and Denmark
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The trip by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to the Danish territory came amid pressure from President Trump and appeared to have been meant as reassurance to Greenlanders.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will on Friday hold talks with her Greenlandic counterpart after a turbulent week that saw US President Donald Trump back down from his threats to seize the Arctic island and agree to talks.
Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen is flying to Nuuk from Brussels, where she attended a summit of European Union leaders and met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. In the Greenlandic capital she will hold talks with the territory’s premier, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, her office said in a post on X.
The prime minister says the "hard yards" of bolstering Arctic security can begin after the US president's shift.
Mette Frederiksen said her country "is receiving great support".
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance.
Former NATO Secretary General and former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned Donald Trump that an attempt to conquer the Danish territory of Greenland would be the end of the Western alliance,
Danish lawmaker Anders Vistisen has gone viral for a heated speech to the European Parliament in which he told U.S. President Donald Trump to 'f--k off' over his threats to take over Greenland