US EditionTrump Administration Officials to Meet with Danish Officials About Greenland on Wednesday, Sources Say
U.S. officials plan talks with Denmark on Greenland amid strategic defense interests, considering options including military force, sources say.
- On Wednesday, Trump administration officials will meet Danish officials about Greenland, following Secretary of State Marco Rubio telling Congress last week the president is interested in purchasing it.
- President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the U.S. needs Greenland for defense, told the New York Times last week it matters to him, and doubled down Friday on using force as an option.
- The White House said Tuesday officials are discussing options for acquiring Greenland, including U.S. military use, while Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned this would end NATO, and Jesper Møller Sørensen stressed Greenland's centuries-long ties to Denmark, with one diplomat calling it a potential breaking point.
- Denmark's NATO membership means NATO's Article 5 would apply if attacked, but European diplomats say U.S. defense commitment seems less ironclad, and Sen. Tim Kaine warned Congress would block military action, saying `This would be disastrous.`
- Amid recent weeks' tensions, escalatory language by the president has strained ties with European allies, while Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, special envoy to Greenland last month, noted all five of Greenland's parliamentary parties oppose joining the U.S.
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In view of the meeting of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Danish and Greenland authorities, which will take place on Wednesday in Washington to discuss the acquisition or seizure of control of Greenland by the United States, voices are beginning to emerge on the Arctic island in favor of an economic agreement, with that of Aki-Matilda Hoegh-Dam . In an interview with 'Politiken', entitled 'The Greenlandian MP will not reject an agreement …
Danish colony until 1953, Greenland gained autonomy 26 years later and eventually contemplates loosening its ties with Denmark.
US administration officials are scheduled to meet with Danish officials on Wednesday.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen tries to defuse the arguments put forward by US President Donald Trump to justify the annexation of Greenland, the autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Social Democrat Federiksen proposed this Sunday that the Atlantic Alliance strengthen Arctic security. She said this would be the way to prevent rival powers from threatening the United States and its allies in this area.
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