Ministers of the Danish government condemned, on Thursday (27), which they called the intensified rhetoric of President Donald Trump. Authorities also praised Greenland’s inhabitants for their resilience in the face of US pressure by controlling Arctic Island.
Reiterating its desire to take control of Greenland, which is a semi -automatically located Danish territory, strategically located for national and international security.
“So I think we’ll go as far as it takes. We need Greenland and the world needs Greenland, including Denmark,” he said.
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen called Trump’s statements on a climb.
“These statements so powerful about a nearby ally do not match the US President,” he told reporters in Copenhagen on Thursday (27).
“I need to speak clearly against what I see like a climb on the American side,” he said. “The hardened rhetoric is, in every way, far -fetched.”
In Pituffik, northern Greenland, on Friday (28). However, an earlier plan for his wife Usha to visit a popular race of dogs pulled by dogs was canceled
Almost all Greenlandes oppose to become part of the United States, according to opinion polls. In recent weeks, anti -American protesters have staged some of the largest demonstrations ever seen on the island.
Poulsen said that the Greenish people were fitting to determine their future. The Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen praised the island residents, which has a population of 57,000.
“The attention is overwhelming and the pressure is great, but it is at times like those you show what is done,” she wrote in a Facebook post.
“You have not been intimidated. You got up by who you are – and showed what you represent. This has my deepest respect,” she said.
The planned visit to the Trenó event pulled by dogs triggered a diplomatic dispute between Copenhagen and Washington, and the Danish government celebrated the eventual cancellation.
