Overview
- DR reports that three Americans tied to the White House worked in Greenland to identify locals supportive of a pro-U.S. secession movement, citing eight corroborating sources.
- Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen summoned the U.S. chargé d’affaires, calling any interference in the kingdom’s internal affairs unacceptable.
- Denmark’s security service PET says Greenland is currently a target for influence campaigns designed to exploit or manufacture rifts with Copenhagen.
- The Wall Street Journal previously reported an intelligence directive to step up collection on Greenland and Denmark, which intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard publicly rejected.
- Separately, the Trump administration paused Ørsted’s nearly completed Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island, a move that has further strained ties with Denmark.