Any American attack against another NATO member state would mean the end of everythingDanish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned on Monday in connection with US President Donald Trump’s statements about Greenland. TASR informs about it with reference to the AFP agency, writes.
Saturday’s military intervention by US forces in Venezuela, during which President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were detained and transported to the US, again raised fears of a resurgence of Trump’s plans to take control of Greenlandwhich is an autonomous territory of Denmark and therefore part of NATO.
The head of the White House once again showed interest in the largest island in the world with a strategic location and mineral wealth on Sunday in a phone interview with The Atlantic magazine. He declared that the United States “definitely needs” Greenland for its defense. Later, on board Air Force One, he also justified it by the need for national security and stated that he would return to the topic soon.
Frederiksen told TV2 on Monday that when Trump says he wants Greenland, he should be taken seriously. “I have made the position of the Kingdom of Denmark very clear, and Greenland has repeatedly stated that it does not want to be part of the United States,” she pointed out.
According to her, if the US attacks another NATO country, everything will stop – including the Alliance itself, and the transatlantic security ties built after the Second World War will be destroyed. Her government is doing everything possible to prevent such a scenario from happening.
The wife of Trump’s adviser, Katie Miller, also caused outrage, who after the attack in Venezuela, she posted on social media an edited image of a map of Greenland in the colors of the US flag with the comment “Soon”. Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen called it disrespectful, but according to him there is no reason to worry or panic.
On Sunday, Frederiksen called on the United States to stop threatening “its historic ally”. The leaders of the Nordic and Baltic states subsequently expressed their support for Denmark. In response, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared that he supports the Danish Prime Minister and that only he and Denmark must decide on the future of Greenland.
