Posted on 01/05/2026 1:59:35 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Keir Starmer has publicly backed the Danish prime minister over Donald Trump after she demanded that the US stop its threats to forcibly take over Greenland.
Speaking after Mike Tapp, the migration minister, repeatedly dodged questions about threats by Trump and his allies to seize Greenland, Starmer told broadcasters that he supported Mette Frederiksen after she criticised US rhetoric.
“Well, I stand with her, and she’s right about the future of Greenland,” Starmer told Sky News.
Asked by the BBC if he agreed with Danish calls for Trump to stop raising the idea that the US should annex the island, which is largely autonomous but remains part of the Danish kingdom, Starmer replied: “Yes.”
He went on: “Greenland and the kingdom of Denmark are to decide the future of Greenland, and only Greenland and the kingdom of Denmark.
“Denmark is a close ally in Europe, it is a Nato ally, and it’s very important the future of Greenland is, as I say, for the kingdom of Denmark, and for Greenland, and only for Greenland and the kingdom of Denmark.”
Following the US’s seizure of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan president, after a military raid on the country, Trump has reiterated his desire to take Greenland, “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and Denmark is not going to be able to do it.”
Hours after the raid in Venezuela, Katie Miller, a podcaster who is married to Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, posted on X a map of Greenland draped in the stars and stripes with the caption: “SOON.”
Speaking on Sunday, Frederiksen said: “It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the US needing to take over Greenland. The US has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Danish kingdom.”
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I was in a Copenhagen bar once where it was explained to me by a couple of Danish girls how the Russians saved them and Europe from the Germans, not the Americans. If that is how they are taught and want to think, let the Russians have them and we’ll take Greenland.
—I agree—as a die-hard Trump supporter, I wish he’d shut up about it-
I wish he’d put a cash offer on the table and start the negotiations.
+1
And I caution Starmer to watch the Venezuelan news clips and STFU too. Keir could be next.
You’re funny.
But I never knew about that shark.
Huge, heavy and gets really old.
Cool
It was not a threat, it was an offer.
I really think a good percent of the UK population (those that were born and raised there and not to Muslim parents) would welcome us invading and getting rid of Starmer.
The UK is one of those places with total control, but there are a lot of very unhappy folks there. But of course my personal observation isn’t representative of the entire population.
There could be a couple of quick plucks from the crowd in Europe on the order of the Maduro snatch. Careful what you say there, Keir, and also the prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, a noted leftist and trade unionist.
Doesn’t it tickle you that Trump can put these people on edge so easily? Unpredictability is probably one of his greatest strengths, and he uses it in negotiations all the time.
If the people of Greenland want to join the US, I see no reason we should give Denmark a dime.
No invasions...just true democracy at work.
I wonder how many of these people are crapping their pants every time they hear a helicopter.
And after Trump takes Greenland, Argentina will take the Falklands (Malvinas)
Anything which embarrasses the marxist, globalist, rump UK Empire in London is a good thing.
See the recent WSJ article on China developing arctic shipping routes and plying northern waters with icebreakers and warships.
Donroe looks north and south.
See the recent WSJ article on China developing arctic shipping routes and plying northern waters with icebreakers and warships.
Donroe looks north and south.
Think China isn’t watching what we are doing? There’s a little technology island should they invade we don’t have a leg to stand on
Out of the blue, Trump is asked by a reporter on AF-1 about Greenland. Within hours, Denmark gets sarcastic and offended? Thank you media, that was no coincidence.
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