Overview
- Greenland’s premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen called the US president’s remarks disrespectful, and Denmark’s prime minister dismissed them as utterly nonsensical.
- Analysts now treat the threat more seriously after the US operation in Venezuela and the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
- Louise van Schaik outlines three response tracks for Europe—military, legal, and economic—while stressing America’s military edge and Europe’s reliance on US technology.
- Military steps could include a larger European presence or exercises in Greenland, yet NATO’s US-led command structure and capability gaps make deterrence uncertain.
- Denmark could test EU Treaty Article 42.7 despite Greenland’s overseas status, and economic measures are possible but risk retaliation, leading experts to expect diplomatic protests and symbolic actions rather than intervention.