Danish foreign minister scolds Trump administration for its criticism about Greenland — ‘This is not how you speak to your close allies’
On Saturday, the Danish Foreign Minister scratched the Trump administration for his “dialect” in criticizing Denmark and Greenland, saying
Foreign Minister Lars Lukk Rasmussen made notes in a video posted on social media after the visit of US Vice Vice President JD Vance to the strategic island.
“Several accusations and many allegations have been made. Of course we are open to criticism.” “But allow me to be completely honest: we do not appreciate the tone that is delivered with it. This is not the way you speak with your close allies. I still consider Denmark and the United States a close allies.”
Vans said on Friday that Denmark was “not interested” in Greenland’s security and called for Denmark to change her approach with President Donald Trump to take over from the Danish region.
Vans visited the United States forces on the Betifik space base in Greenland, rich in minerals, along with his wife and other senior officials of the United States on a journey that was eventually limited after a stir between Greenland and the Danish who have not been consulted around the original flight line.
“Our message to Denmark is very simple: you did not do a good job by the people of Greenland,” Vans said on Friday. “I had been extracted in the people of Greenland, and I had passed in the security architecture of this amazing, beautiful earthly mass full of incredible people. This should change.”
On Friday, Trump released a video on his social networking site, entitled “American Stands with Greenland”, and shows clips of American forces there during World War II.
In Greenland, Vans said the United States “has no choice” but to take a great position to ensure Al -Jazeera security because it encouraged the batch in Greenland for independence from Denmark.
“I think they will eventually participate with the United States,” Vans said. “We can make them safer. We can do a lot of protection. I think it was much better economically better.”
The reaction of members of parliament in Greenland and the inhabitants of this probably provided anger at the Trump administration’s attempts to include the vast North Pole Island. Danish Prime Minister Metty Friedriksen prompted Verse’s claim that Denmark is not doing enough to defend the Arctic, describing her country as a “good and strong ally”.
On Thursday, legislators in Greenland approved the formation of a new government, and they gathered together to resist Trump’s initiatives. Four of the five parties elected to the Greenland Parliament earlier this month agreed to form an alliance that would have 23 of 31 seats in the legislative body.
Hundreds of demonstrators showed on Saturday outside the American embassy in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, with some of the lifting signs that say, “retreat, the United States of America”, the Danish broadcaster TV2.
In his video clip, LØKKE RASMUSSEN, viewers of the 1951 defense agreement between Denmark and the United States. Since 1945, the American military presence in Greenland has decreased from thousands of soldiers to 17 bases and fixtures on the island, to the remote Betifik base in the northwest with about 200 soldiers today.
The Foreign Minister said that the 1951 agreement “provides a great opportunity for the United States for a much stronger military presence in Greenland.” “If this is what you wish, let’s discuss it.”
Läkke Rasmussen added that Denmark has increased its defense investments in the Arctic. In January, Denmark announced 14.6 billion Danish Kron ($ 2.1 billion) in the financial obligations of the Arctic Security, which covers three new naval ships, long -term drones and satellites.
This story was originally shown on Fortune.com
2025-03-29 14:18:00
