Greenland’s Head of Authorities Jens-Frederik Nielsen addresses a press convention in Nuuk, Greenland, on January 5, 2026. Any US assault on a NATO ally can be the top of “all the things”, Denmark’s prime minister warned on January 5, 2026, after US President Donald Trump repeated his need to annex Greenland.
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Greenland’s prime minister on Monday sought to downplay the prospect of an imminent U.S. takeover try, following renewed curiosity within the mineral-rich Arctic island by President Donald Trump.
Talking at a information convention shortly after Trump’s navy operation in Venezuela over the weekend, Greenland’s Jens Frederik Nielsen dismissed issues that one thing comparable might occur to the self-governing Danish territory.
“The state of affairs just isn’t such that america can merely conquer Greenland,” Greenland’s Nielsen stated Monday at a press convention.
“Our nation just isn’t actually the suitable one to check with Venezuela,” he added, in line with a CNBC translation.
“We’re a rustic that’s democratic and has been democratic for a lot of, a few years. If we take a look at the entire image, we will perceive that some persons are involved,” Nielsen stated.
“We wish to create and re-establish the cooperation now we have beforehand had with america, particularly the nice cooperation now we have had.”
European political leaders have rallied round Greenland and Denmark, which is answerable for the protection of the self-governing island, since Trump repeated his ambitions within the wake of Washington’s intervention in Venezuela.
Talking to NBC Information on Monday night, Trump stated he was “very critical” along with his intent to amass Greenland however conceded he had “no timeline” for doing so.
The U.S. president, who has lengthy advocated for management over the island, stated on Sunday on Air Power One which “we want Greenland from the standpoint of nationwide safety.”
Denmark PM: U.S. takeover of Greenland would deliver an finish to NATO
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, in the meantime, has warned that an American takeover of Greenland would quantity to the top of the NATO navy alliance.
“I imagine that the U.S. president must be taken significantly when he says that he desires Greenland,” Frederiksen informed Danish broadcaster TV2 on Monday, in line with a CNBC translation.
“However I additionally wish to make it clear, that if america chooses to assault one other NATO nation militarily, then all the things stops. That’s, together with our NATO and thus the safety that has been offered for the reason that finish of the Second World Struggle,” she added.
Conventional painted homes overlooking sea ice within the Outdated Nuuk district close to the Sermitsiaq mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on Thursday, April 3, 2025.
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Copenhagen has sought to enhance ties with Greenland in current months, pledging to spice up spending on well being care and infrastructure, whereas additionally in search of to defuse tensions with the Trump administration by investing in Arctic protection, together with the acquisition of 16 further F-35 fighter jets.
Opinion polls have beforehand proven that Greenlanders overwhelmingly oppose U.S. management, whereas a big majority assist independence from Denmark.
