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.
Denmark doesn’t want anything from us.
Americans don’t like foreigners threatening us. (Remember the War of 182?) Why should be threatening a sovereign country, and one that happens to be a treaty ally of ours?
If the Dems had power in the House, this would already be the next impeachment train headed down the tracks.
“Trump threatens all countries with tariffs.”
Yes, but for economic retaliation, not for empire.
TMI
So, Trump groped Denmark where? Sounds like fake news.
I’ve seen that show. It’s why they’re a joke.
History agrees with your observation.
The minority of land transfers at a country scale were done via monetary sales.
No as Indonesia is not in our hemisphere for one and Indonesia is several 1000 miles away for another..
“The officials, who were not identified by the FT,”
I quit reading right there. Don’t be gullible folks.
This crap by fake news will be posted hourly.
Greenland is sovereign and should get to vote on what they want. Denmark is screwing them over. They want to join the USA.
This is what the Financial Times and The Atlantic are reporting? OK. LOLOLOL
Also the real intention is to get the mining resources as China is now blocking us from theirs. So either denmark needs to start doing something with it or we will.
“Denmark doesn’t want anything from us.”
https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-denmark/
“The United States is Denmark’s largest non-European trade partner, and largest overall export market. In 2021, U.S.-Denmark total two-way goods trade totaled over $15.7 billion; services trade in 2020 totaled $13.5 billion. Aircraft, computers, machinery, and instruments are among the major U.S. goods exports to Denmark, while Denmark exports industrial machinery, chemical products, furniture, pharmaceuticals, canned ham and pork, wind turbines, and toys.”
“Danish investment in the United States is growing, notably in pharmaceuticals and wind energy.”
Lol.
I would add the population of Denmark = 6 Million. Then dangle $$$$.
That's a BINGO.
Reading this thread reminds me that too many people on FR look at NATO as sacrosanct.
It’s outdated BS that works as a vector for globalist attempts to curtail the autonomy of the US. It’s far past time to pull out of that garbage!
Agreed.
Oh please!
Grow-up and get over yourself!
Greenland is ours
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