Overview

• Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen called in the U.S. chargé d’affaires in Copenhagen after a DR report on covert activities in Greenland.
• DR reported that at least three U.S. citizens with connections to President Trump sought to weaken ties between Greenland and Denmark.
• Alleged methods included compiling lists of pro-U.S. and Trump-opposed Greenlanders, cultivating contacts with local elites, and gathering stories to portray Denmark negatively in U.S. media.
• Denmark’s domestic intelligence service PET said Greenland is currently the target of influence campaigns intended to create discord, while any direction from U.S. authorities remains unverified.
• The U.S. Embassy, led by chargé Mark Stroh, gave no immediate substantive comment, as the episode unfolds against Trump’s stated aim to bring Greenland under U.S. control and prior reports of heightened U.S. intelligence interest.