Overview
- Stephen Miller, the Deputy White House Chief of Staff, told Fox News that Denmark cannot defend Greenland and therefore should not control it.
- He argued Greenland is essential to U.S. national security and called the current defense arrangement unfair to American taxpayers.
- Miller claimed sovereignty hinges on a nation’s capacity to defend and develop territory, a view scholars say contradicts territorial integrity and the UN Charter’s ban on force.
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned any U.S. military attempt to seize Greenland would collapse the alliance, saying on TV2, "Everything stops, including NATO."
- Social media reactions blasted Miller’s remarks, and reporting notes Greenland’s roughly 56,000 residents have opposed becoming part of the United States.