Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that an assault on a NATO ally would finish the alliance.
Whereas an settlement with Denmark permits america to station as many troopers because it desires on Greenland, Trump has doubled down on US possession, telling reporters on Sunday that “we’re speaking about buying not leasing”.
The previous actual property developer instructed The New York Occasions that possession “is psychologically wanted for achievement” and “offers you issues and parts you could’t get from simply signing a doc”.
Trump maintains america wants Greenland as a result of risk of a takeover by Russia or China.
The 2 rival powers have each stepped up exercise within the Arctic, the place ice is melting as a consequence of local weather change, however neither claims Greenland, which is dwelling to 57,000 individuals.
“BAD ALLY”?
Vance, who slammed Denmark as a “unhealthy ally” throughout a visit to Greenland last year, is thought for his laborious edge, which was on show when he publicly berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy throughout a White Home assembly in February.
It has not been introduced if the Greenland assembly will probably be open to the press.
“If the US continues with, ‘We’ve got to have Greenland in any respect price,’ it might be a really brief assembly,” stated Penny Naas, a senior vice chairman on the German Marshall Fund of america, a Washington suppose tank.
“If there’s a slight nuance to it, it might result in a distinct dialog,” she stated.
Greenland’s authorities and Denmark have been firmly in opposition to Trump’s designs.
“One factor should be clear to everybody: Greenland doesn’t need to be owned by america. Greenland doesn’t need to be ruled by america. Greenland doesn’t need to be a part of america,” Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen stated forward of the Washington talks.
The Danish prime minister stated it had not been simple to face as much as “fully unacceptable stress from our closest ally.”
Copenhagen has rejected US claims that it isn’t defending Greenland from Russia and China, mentioning that it has invested nearly 90 billion kroner (US$14 billion) to beef up its navy presence within the Arctic.
Denmark is a founding member of NATO and its navy joined america within the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the latter to a lot criticism.
Shortly after the White Home talks, a senior delegation from the US Congress – principally Democrats, however with one Republican – will go to Copenhagen to supply solidarity.
