Greenland PM says island not a 'piece of property' for sale – DW – 04/27/2025
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Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen visited Denmark for the first time since being elected, in a bid to strengthen ties. President Donald Trump has spoken of the US' desire to annex Greenland.

Summary

Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, during his first visit to Denmark since taking office in March, rejected Donald Trump’s push to annex Greenland, stating the island “will never be a piece of property that can be bought.”

Standing alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, he added, “We are in a foreign policy situation which means we have to move closer together.”

Frederiksen said Denmark was ready to invest more in Greenland as part of a “modernisation” of the two countries relationship.

  • @GojuRyu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4•19 days ago

    That may be true but for those literally being threatened with war it would be stupid not to act on the threats anyway. And your speculation that it’s a smoke screen sounds really dismissive the countries that now have to accept that the US might be or become the greatest security threat in decades.

    • dohpaz42English
      2•19 days ago

      …the US might be or become the greatest security threat in decades.

      I am dismissive of the idea that the US wants to “buy” Greenland or annex Canada as the 51st state, but I do not dismiss the global threat the US has become (e.g. Ukraine and Gaza come to mind) to the rest of the world.