24 Jan 2025 6:43 pm
Why do you always insist America is buying Greenland from Denmark? Everything I heard Trump say was Greenland is being offered a choice to stay with Denmark or switch to joining USA either as a commonwealth or state.Punch » 24 Jan 2025, 6:43 pm » wrote: ↑
It is a matter of national security.
Denmark in ‘crisis mode’ after ‘horrendous’ phone call from Trump demanding to buy Greenland
Denmark is in “crisis mode” after Donald Trump made a direct play for Greenland in a “horrendous” phone call with the country’s prime minister.The US president spoke to Mette Frederiksen, the Danish premier, for 45 minutes last week and made clear he wanted to place Greenland under American control.The autonomous Arctic territory has been owned by Denmark since 1814, but Mr Trump thinks it would be a valuable asset in the US’s strategic competition against Russia and China.Ms Frederiksen told him in their call last week that despite his “big interest”, Greenland was not for sale, the Financial Times reported.Mr Trump then became “aggressive”, according to the newspaper, and threatened to impose tariffs on Denmark unless Greenland was sold to the US.The call came after Mr Trump refused to rule out using military force to take Greenland in a press conference on Jan 7, arguing that it was a matter of “national security” that the US gained an Arctic base.
Denmark has repeatedly ruled out selling Greenland, and argues that the territory’s 57,000 residents should be allowed to decide their nation’s political future.A source briefed on the call told the FT that the phone call was “horrendous,” while another said that Mr Trump was “very firm”.Denmark was now “in crisis” over the dispute, fearing massive tariffs on exports to one of its largest trading partners, said another person briefed on the conversation.“The intent was very clear. They want it. The Danes are now in crisis mode,” they said.Ms Frederiksen, who has held crisis talks with major Danish companies in recent days, has also described the US as Denmark’s “most important and closest ally”.Previous attempts by the US to buy Greenland have been rebuffed by Copenhagen.Mr Trump laid out his plans to take the territory earlier this month, arguing that the US “needed” Greenland for “national security purposes”.He also said on his Truth Social platform that the nation’s residents “need safety, security, strength, and peace!”“This is a deal that must happen,” he said. “Make Greenland Great Again!
The residents get to choose. If they don't they get treated like every other country. Tariffs. And be prey for the likes of Russia, China, Arab Spring.