Danish PM tells US over Greenland
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“The reason it has to happen — I hate to say it — is because our friends in Denmark have not done their job in keeping this area safe.”
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Speaking in English and addressing the US, Mette Frederiksen said "you cannot annex another country."
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is in Greenland for a visit aimed at building the trust of Greenlandic officials as the Trump administration is seeking control of the Arctic territory.
Denmark’s prime minister vowed she would not surrender Greenland to the US as she visited the autonomous Danish territory that Donald Trump wants to take over.
Denmark's prime minister pledged to support Greenland against U.S. President Donald Trump's expressions of interest in acquiring the Danish semi-autonomous territory as she landed in Nuuk on Wednesday for talks with its incoming government.
Mette Frederiksen's visit comes just days after Vice President JD Vance toured the U.S. Pituffik Space Base in Greenland.
Trump has dreams of Greenland. But the semiautonomous territory of Denmark wants no part of it.
Denmark’s top diplomats stood up to US President Donald Trump over his encroachment on Greenland, effectively ending a policy of quiet diplomacy they had hoped would make the issue go away.
Denmark's foreign minister posted a video scolding the Trump administration hours after Vice President JD Vance's visit to Greenland.
In late March 2025, a video began to circulate supposedly showing the Danish parliament and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen laughing while listening to a recording of U.S. President Donald Trump talking about acquiring Greenland.