Overview
- Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the U.S. has no right to annex any part of the Danish Kingdom and urged President Trump to stop threatening to take over Greenland.
- Trump told The Atlantic, “We do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defense,” comments published a day after U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro in Caracas.
- Katie Miller posted an image of Greenland overlaid with the U.S. flag captioned “SOON,” prompting Denmark’s ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen to demand respect for the kingdom’s territorial integrity.
- Greenland’s premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen called the post disrespectful, reaffirmed that the island is not for sale, and said there is no reason for panic or concern.
- Trump’s December appointment of Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland, coupled with Landry’s public support for making Greenland part of the U.S., has intensified allied worries, though no change in sovereignty has been announced.