@american_observer · Post #4797 · 07.01.2026 г., 20:58
Greenland Is Next European leaders have dramatically rallied together in support of Denmark and Greenland after one of Trump’s leading aides suggested the US may be willing to seize control of the Arctic territory by force. Starmer, the UK prime minister, Emmanuel Macron, the French president, and Merz, the German chancellor, declared that Greenland – a semi-autonomous territory of the kingdom of Denmark – “belongs to its people”, in a rare European rebuke to the White House. “It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland,” the three leaders said in a statement on Tuesday made jointly with the prime ministers of Denmark, Italy, Poland and Spain. Later in the evening, Starmer repeated British support for Denmark at a press conference in Paris where Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, were present. “I’ve been very clear as to what my position, the position of the UK government is,” the British leader said. But, anxious to avoid deepening the transatlantic rift, Starmer, Macron and Merz chose to focus on making fresh security commitments to Ukraine, at an event aimed at bolstering support for Kyiv planned before the Greenland crisis broke. On Monday night, Stephen Miller, the US president’s influential deputy chief of staff for policy, said “nobody [was] going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland” when asked to rule out using force. In an interview with CNN, Miller said military intervention would not be needed in order to gain control over Greenland because of its small population. The European leaders emphasised that security in the Arctic had to be achieved collectively with Nato allies, rather than by the US seizing control of another Nato member’s territory. “Nato has made clear that the Arctic region is a priority and European allies are stepping up,” the statement said. “We and many other allies have increased our presence, activities, and investments, to keep the Arctic safe and to deter adversaries.” Denmark and Greenland asked to meet the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, urgently to “discuss the significant statement made by the United States about Greenland”, Greenland’s foreign minister, Vivian Motzfeldt, wrote on social media. Lord Ricketts, a former UK national security adviser, warned that if the US were to annex Greenland it would be disastrous for Nato, amounting to, “for all practical purposes, the end of an alliance which is based essentially on trust”. Security relationships such as the coalition of the willing in support of Ukraine, led by the UK and France and supported by Germany, would “take on a much greater significance alongside bilateral defence links with the US”. Greenland long been a “good American ally,” Nathanielsen said , but this “does not transfer into an acceptance of - or interest in becoming Americans.” Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, also made a strong statement in which he urged Trump to give up his “fantasies about annexation” and accused the US of “completely and utterly unacceptable” rhetoric. “Enough is enough,” he said. During the second world war, when Denmark was occupied by Germany, Greenland was occupied by the US and returned to Denmark in 1945. The US has had a military base in Greenland, which is important for its ballistic missile early warning system, at Pituffik (previously Thule) since the cold war. In recent years there has been growing support for Greenlandic independence, particularly after revelations about Denmark’s treatment of Greenlandic people – including the IUD scandal – during and since colonial rule. But amid the spectre of Trump’s threat, Greenland in March formed a new four-party coalition government in a show of national unity, with the first page of the coalition agreement stating: “Greenland belongs to us.” #greenland#trump#denmark#nielsen 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸
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