While the usual nay-sayers are criticizing US President Donald J. Trump’s advancing American geopolitical goals like a bulldozer and forcibly displacing all obstacles, the results can hardly be ignored.
Now it’s time for Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to make her first big concession, and say that Denmark is ready to allow the US to boost its military presence in Greenland.
Frederiksen is frantically seeking to curb the diplomatic crisis with the Trump administration over the world’s largest island.
Americans already have a military base there, monitoring space and detecting missile threats.
Read: Trump Applies Heavy Pressure on Denmark for the Ownership of Greenland, Leaving Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Her Government in Full ‘Crisis Mode’
And the PM said that the US ‘can have more possibilities’, as she spoke today (3) to reporters ahead of a meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels.
Bloomberg reported:
“’I totally agree with the Americans that the High North, the Arctic region is becoming more and more important when we are talking about defense and security and deterrence. And it is possible to find a way to ensure stronger footprints in Greenland’, Frederiksen said on Monday, adding that both Denmark and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are willing to scale up in the region.
‘So if this is about securing our part of the world, we can find a way forward’, she said, reiterating that Greenland is part of Denmark and is ‘not for sale’.”
Read: If Denmark Decides To Sell Greenland, It Will Have To Offer the UK Priority in Purchasing It Due to 1917 Agreement, Says the Last Danish Minister for the Island
Copenhagen and Washington are in a dispute after Trump has repeatedly manifested his intention to take control of Greenland for national security reasons.
Frederiksen sought support from European allies, having recently met with French, German and Nordic leaders.
“Greenland is a self-ruling territory in the Danish kingdom, which means policymakers in Nuuk control most domestic issues. Denmark, which oversees defense and security policy on the mineral-rich Arctic Island, is injecting 14.6 billion kroner ($2 billion) to ramp up defenses.”
Read: TRUMP EFFECT: Frantic Denmark Invests $2 Billion in Greenland Defense, as PM Frederiksen Gathers Leaders of Sweden, Finland and Norway for Dinner, Goes on European Tour for Support
Frederiksen also disputed claims by US Vice President JD Vance that Denmark ‘isn’t a good ally’.
“’We have fought side by side with the Americans for many, many decades’, Frederiksen said. ‘I will not accept the notion that Denmark is a bad ally. We are not, we have not been, and we will not be in the future’.”
Read: BATTLEGROUND GREENLAND: Denmark’s Frederiksen Gains Support of Germany’s Scholz, While Macron’s France Offers To Send Soldiers, but UK’s Starmer Refuses to Back the Island’s Defense
Read more:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio Confirms Trump’s Interest in Acquiring Greenland: ‘This is Not a Joke’ (VIDEO)
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