Greenland's Head of Government Jens-Frederik Nielsen addresses a property league successful Nuuk, Greenland, connected January 5, 2026. Any US onslaught connected a NATO state would beryllium the extremity of "everything", Denmark's premier curate warned connected January 5, 2026, aft US President Donald Trump repeated his tendency to annex Greenland.
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Greenland's premier curate connected Monday sought to downplay the imaginable of an imminent U.S. takeover attempt, pursuing renewed interest successful the mineral-rich Arctic land by President Donald Trump.
Speaking astatine a quality league soon aft Trump's subject cognition successful Venezuela implicit the weekend, Greenland's Jens Frederik Nielsen dismissed concerns that thing akin could hap to the self-governing Danish territory.
"The concern is not specified that the United States tin simply conquer Greenland," Greenland's Nielsen said Monday astatine a property conference..
"Our state is not truly the close 1 to comparison with Venezuela," helium added, according to a CNBC translation.
"We are a state that is antiauthoritarian and has been antiauthoritarian for many, galore years. If we look astatine the full picture, we tin recognize that immoderate radical are concerned," Nielsen said.
"We privation to make and re-establish the practice we person antecedently had with the United States, particularly the bully practice we person had," helium said.
European governmental leaders person rallied astir Greenland and Denmark, which is liable for the defence of the self-governing island, since Trump repeated his ambitions successful the aftermath of Washington's involution successful Venezuela.
Speaking to NBC News connected Monday evening, Trump said helium was "very serious" with his intent to get Greenland but conceded helium had "no timeline" for doing so.
The U.S. president, who has agelong advocated for power implicit the island, said connected Sunday connected Air Force One that "we request Greenland from the standpoint of nationalist security."
Denmark PM: U.S. takeover of Greenland would bring an extremity to NATO
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, meanwhile, has warned that an American takeover of Greenland would magnitude to the extremity of the NATO subject alliance.
"I judge that the U.S. president should beryllium taken earnestly erstwhile helium says that helium wants Greenland," Frederiksen told Danish broadcaster TV2 connected Monday, according to a CNBC translation.
"But I besides privation to marque it clear, that if the United States chooses to onslaught different NATO state militarily, past everything stops. That is, including our NATO and frankincense the information that has been provided since the extremity of the Second World War," she added.
Traditional painted houses overlooking oversea crystal successful the Old Nuuk territory adjacent the Sermitsiaq upland successful Nuuk, Greenland, connected Thursday, April 3, 2025.
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Copenhagen has sought to amended ties with Greenland successful caller months, pledging to boost spending connected wellness attraction and infrastructure, portion besides seeking to defuse tensions with the Trump medication by investing successful Arctic defense, including the acquisition of 16 further F-35 combatant jets.
Opinion polls person antecedently shown that Greenlanders overwhelmingly oppose U.S. control, portion a ample bulk enactment independency from Denmark.
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