US EditionGreenland PM Rejects U.S. Takeover Proposals, Says “We Choose Denmark”
- During a Jan 13 statement in Copenhagen, Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen declared the territory would choose Denmark over the United States amid a geopolitical crisis.
- U.S. President Donald Trump renewed interest in Greenland, stoking tensions on Jan 11 by saying the United States would take the territory `one way or the other`, while White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said `all options are always on the table`.
- The U.S. Geological Survey found Greenland holds significant oil, gas, and rare earth minerals, but extraction is difficult due to harsh climate and the 2021 ban on new offshore exploration.
- Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt requested a Jan 14 White House meeting with U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while European leaders stressed NATO’s role in Greenland’s defence last week.
- Aaja Chemnitz, Greenlandic politician in the Danish parliament, said most of Greenland's 56,000 people reject U.S. citizenship, the Greenland governing coalition rejected takeover plans, and observers warn of NATO risks.
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This is the strongest statement by a leader of the Danish autonomous territory since Trump reactivated plans to annex it.
"We are now facing a geopolitical crisis and, if we have to choose here and now between the United States and Denmark, then we choose Denmark," Nielsen, in a joint press conference in Copenhagen, together with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, according to Bloomberg. "We choose Greenland today, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark," he added, according to Bloomberg.The statements came before an important meeting, scheduled Wednesday in…
Jens-Frederik Nielsen stated that the island nation does not want to become the 51st state of the USA.
"We Choose Denmark": Greenland PM Ahead Of Talks With Vance, Rubio
Greenland would choose to remain Danish over a US takeover, its leader said Tuesday, ahead of crunch White House talks on the future of the Arctic island which President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened.
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