As Trump Ratchets Greenland proposal, Denmark says Nordic leaders are united – nationally
Once again, the President of the United States Donald Trump He says that he is confident that he will win control of his country Greenlandclaiming that 57,000 residents of the autonomous Danish territory would be on board with a potential buyout.
His comments came during a brief question-and-answer period on a Saturday evening as he flew from Las Vegas to Miami.
“I believe in Greenland, we will get – because really it has to do with world freedom. It has nothing to do with the United States, it has nothing to do with us being able to provide freedom,” Trump told reporters this weekend about the Air Force.
U.S. President Donald Trump, Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt (R) next to the White House Air Force One after leaving Las Vegas en route to Miami on January 25, 2025
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The request has been a request since 2016, despite leaders in Greenland and other Nordic countries Not for sale.
On Monday, France24, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that she met her regional counterparts to discuss defense and security over the weekend and did not mention Greenland on behalf of “He shared the gravity of the situation.”
“The Nordic countries have always stood up together,” Frederiksen wrote on social media on Sunday evening, sharing a dinner at his home with the leaders of Finland, Norway and Sweden.
“Ahead, he faced a new and more unexpected reality, where close and good alliances and friendships are increasingly important.”
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Five days before Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, Frederiksen spoke to the president on the phone — making a call described as “argumentative” and “aggressive”. who spoke to anonymous European officials who were briefed on the 45-minute phone call by the New York Times.
The sources said Frederiksen “made various proposals for greater cooperation in military and economic matters, but insisted on Greenland, which already hosts an important American base. was not sold“And it was up to Greenland to determine its own destiny.
And last week, Danish politician Anders Vistisen delivered a powerfully public message to Trump while speaking in the European Parliament, while ultimately bringing him down with difficulty. To explain to the President “F-KEF”.
“Dear President Trump, listen very carefully,” Vistisen said on January 21. “Greenland Denmark has been part of the Kingdom of Denmark for 800 years. It is an integrated part of our country. For sale.”
“Let me put it in words you can understand,” he said. “Mr. Trump, Fk OFF!”
On the same day, Greenland Prime Minister silent Edege, “I don’t want to be an American,” Grenanders insisted.
“We are creditors. We don’t want to be Americans. We don’t want to be Denmark. The future of Greenland will be decided by Greenland. Our country and our people will decide what happens to Greenland. “
In 2009, with Denmark in 2009, Greenland can declare independence only after a successful referendum – Egede proposed to be held in Tandem with parliamentary elections in April.
Earlier this month, Trump said he would not make an exception using force or economic pressure Making Greenland part of the US. Trump said it was a matter of national security for the US, which already has its only military base in the northern part of the island.
Friis Arne Petersen, the former Danish ambassador to the United States, told the French newspaper Le Figaro that “Europe, Greenland and the rest of the world Donald Trump’s statements should be taken very seriouslybecause they were carefully prepared. “
“The terms used and their context left no room for interpretation,” he said.
On Saturday’s flight, Trump also made his most extensive comments yet on his latest proposals Canada can be part of the United States
“I love Canada,” he said. “I have a lot of friends in Canada. They love us and they love me. But Canada has been taking advantage of the United States for years and we’re not going to let that happen.”
suggested that the United States losing hundreds of millions of people to Canada every year In terms of trade, Canada does “about 90 percent of its business with the United States.”
“I don’t want to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to support the country if this country is not a state. And if it is a state, the Canadian people will pay less taxes.”
Canadians also “won’t have military problems, they won’t be more reliable in every way, and I think that’s a big thing in Canada.”
“I look at it, honestly, as a country that should be a state,” he said. “Then, they’ll get better treatment, better care and less taxes, and they’ll be more reliable.”
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–Global News’ with files from Katie Scott and The Associated Press
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