Posted on 01/24/2025 1:18:02 PM PST by Miami Rebel
US President Donald Trump had a “fiery” and contentious phone call with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen last week, during which Trump insisted he was serious about taking over Greenland, European officials told the Financial Times.
The officials, who were not identified by the FT, said the conversation had gone very badly, with one describing it as “horrendous.” Another official said that Trump’s intention to take over Greenland was “serious, and potentially very dangerous.”
For weeks, Trump has voiced his interest in taking over Greenland, the Panama Canal, and Canada, in what analysts say reflect his hardball diplomacy. Frederiksen has asserted that Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, is not for sale.
While her office dismissed the officials’ “interpretation” of the Trump call, one former Danish official told the FT that Trump also threatened to target Denmark with tariffs.
Trump’s critics have warned that his interest in Greenland — which occupies a strategically important position for the US — will destabilize the US alliance with Denmark, Semafor reported, while Trump allies argue that a bigger role for the US in Greenland would be vital to national security in countering Russia and China.
The call is “likely to deepen European concerns that Trump’s return to power will strain transatlantic ties more than ever,” the FT wrote, while Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum argued that for Denmark, “the most difficult aspect of the crisis is not the need to prepare for an unspecified economic threat from a close ally, but the need to cope with a sudden sense of almost Kafkaesque absurdity.”
Since his first term as president, Trump has floated the idea of annexing Greenland to expand US access to crucial Arctic trading routes and vast mineral resources. But he has recently doubled down on the proposal and has not ruled out using force to conquer the island.
The president has also expressed interest in reclaiming the Panama Canal which he claims has unfairly given China economic and security advantages in the region.
That would make sense in a weird way.
But we’d lose all our European bases in the process.
Denmark doesn’t own Greenland.
“I think Danes and NATO should be more concerned about Europe, and less about the Americas.”
If the US starts picking off NATO territories, I think the Danes and NATO would have every reason to be concerned with the invader from the west.
If your friendly protector starts extorting you, he’s not your friendly protector anymore.
And Ronald Reagan never attacked an ally.
“ Invading the territory of an ally is pro-US?”
You spread lies here. Leftist false narrative.
You lie and propagandize.
Why?
You a Democrat? Foreign stooge?
Just deport all our illegal aliens to Greenland until they beg us to join the US so we can deport them out of Greenland.
Just drop them off and sail away.
The problem is that if Greenland became part of the US, all the Greenlanders would move to Florida.
I hope this does not become a distraction.
I assume any negotiations are subject to Greenland’s NATO commitments. Perhaps even subject to veto by NATO.
We got long range nuclear missiles. That's a pretty impressive defense, one that won't be cut off at any strait.
They're cousins of that dude in the US named Anonymous......
This report has zero credibility without specific names!
Yes, they would. The Chinese can bribe the appropriate Danish politicians to make that happen.
That is the entire point of the proposed action on Greenland. We buy it to keep the Chinese out of it.
Greenland is in a position of strategic value to control activities in the Arctic seas. Why do we care? Mineral and oil resources are two items.
Yes
Well, let’s see. The residents of Greenland have been polled and would rather have their island owned by the US. As for Denmark, they have no way of defending Greenland if Russia or China decide to “own it.” That being said, the Danes have an opportunity to add quite a few billion US dollars to their treasury while at the same time relieving themselves of their obligation to defend Greenland, an island that would be impossible for the Danes to defend successfully. The US would then be able to invest in developing the minerals and other natural resources of the island.
Denmark has made it clear they don't intend to part with THEIR SOVEREIGN TERRITORY.
Hang on to your pearls. President Trump plays 4D chess.
I like the news stories about Trump cracking down on 100s of illegals. But that's a BIG JOB. And 100s of illegals is a drop in the bucket. There are millions.
Trump should stay focused on that. And there are many other big domestic problems on his plate, like inflation and the economy, crime, the lingering push for DEI, etc.
The current status quo on Greenland -- belongs to Denmark, part of NATO -- is just fine.
It's only been five days. O ye of little faith?
The point is Denmark could not defend Greenland from China and might even let China have a toehold by treaty in Greenland rather than asking their own army to fight who could not even protect Rhode Island.
If by the NATO treaty, Denmark asks NATO for help, we would be the major protector anyway.
Why not eliminate the middle guys?
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