Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that an assault on a NATO ally would finish the alliance.
Whereas an settlement with Denmark permits the USA to station as many troopers because it needs on Greenland, Trump has doubled down on US possession, telling reporters on Sunday that “we’re speaking about buying not leasing”.
The previous actual property developer instructed The New York Instances that possession “is psychologically wanted for achievement” and “provides you issues and components which you can’t get from simply signing a doc”.
Trump maintains the USA wants Greenland because of the menace of a takeover by Russia or China.
The 2 rival powers have each stepped up exercise within the Arctic, the place ice is melting as a result of local weather change, however neither claims Greenland, which is dwelling to 57,000 individuals.
“BAD ALLY”?
Vance, who slammed Denmark as a “dangerous ally” throughout a visit to Greenland last year, is thought for his onerous edge, which was on show when he publicly berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy throughout a White Home assembly in February.
It has not been introduced if the Greenland assembly will likely be open to the press.
“If the US continues with, ‘We’ve got to have Greenland in any respect price,’ it could possibly be a really brief assembly,” mentioned Penny Naas, a senior vp on the German Marshall Fund of the USA, a Washington assume tank.
“If there’s a slight nuance to it, it may result in a distinct dialog,” she mentioned.
Greenland’s authorities and Denmark have been firmly towards Trump’s designs.
“One factor have to be clear to everybody: Greenland doesn’t wish to be owned by the USA. Greenland doesn’t wish to be ruled by the USA. Greenland doesn’t wish to be a part of the USA,” Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen mentioned forward of the Washington talks.
The Danish prime minister mentioned it had not been simple to face as much as “utterly unacceptable strain from our closest ally.”
Copenhagen has rejected US claims that it isn’t defending Greenland from Russia and China, mentioning that it has invested nearly 90 billion kroner (US$14 billion) to beef up its navy presence within the Arctic.
Denmark is a founding member of NATO and its navy joined the USA within the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the latter to a lot criticism.
Shortly after the White Home talks, a senior delegation from the US Congress – largely Democrats, however with one Republican – will go to Copenhagen to supply solidarity.
