Denmark has reacted with caution to Trump’s statements. On the one hand, it is clear that the day “It ended better than how it started.“, explained his minister of exteriors, Lars Lokke Rasmussen. In his Davos speech, the American president ruled out the use of force to take over Denmark, which was “a crazy ideaBut he persists in his intention to gain control over the island, which means that “the problem has not disappeared.”
“That can’t happen. The United States will not take over Greenland. It is our red line,” he assured, in statements to public television DR. There will be no annexation by the United States or any type of “acquisition,” he insisted. Both Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, and Denmark have been defending the shared slogan that the island “is not for sale.”
Rasmussen did not comment on the agreement announced by Trump, the details of which are unknown. He did describe it as “positive” that results were achieved in the meeting held by the president and the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte. But he ruled out that a meeting between Trump and the head of the Danish government, Mette Frederiksen, could take place “now”. “No, it definitely wouldn’t be a good idea, nothing good would come of it.”, he assured.
