Denmark holds firm on sovereignty
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Denmark's prime minister said she won't negotiate her nation's sovereignty after President Donald Trump said a "framework" on a Greenland deal was reached.
A bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation's comments in Denmark contrasted with those emanating from the White House.
Danish veterans are furious at how the White House rhetoric disregards the right to self-determination of Greenland and Denmark . They also strongly object to Trump’s claim that Denmark, after fighting alongside U.S. forces in wartime, is incapable of protecting the West’s security interests in the Arctic.
Denmark deploys additional troops to Greenland after President Donald Trump claims the island is not secure from Russia or China.
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Why Denmark Controls Greenland
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Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed US President Donald Trump dropping his tariff threat to European opponents of his plan to annex Greenland. "Now we can start hard yards and finding a way forward on security in the Arctic," said the prime minister.
In Elk Horn, Iowa, residents watched with concern as President Donald Trump fixated on Greenland and disparaged Denmark, one of America’s oldest and closest allies.
Greenland’s connection to Denmark stretches back hundreds of years and reflects layers of settlement and colonial rule. Norse settlers from Iceland arrived around 985 A.D., but their communities later vanished,
Former NATO Secretary General and former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned Donald Trump that an attempt to conquer the Danish territory of Greenland would be the end of the Western alliance,
The United States and Denmark will renegotiate their 1951 defence pact covering Greenland, reopening a Cold War-era agreement after US President Donald Trump backed away from threats to seize the territory and punish European allies with tariffs.