Trump and the Danish premier fight for Greenland

The telephone conversation had last week by the Danish premier was transformed into a real dispute, Mette Frederiksen and the President of the United States, Donald Trump, who reiterated her intention of appropriate Greenland. European officials reported it to the Financial Times.

The conversation, duration 45 minutes, was defined by sources “fiery “and even” hideous “. Trump would have placed himself in a “aggressive and polemical” way, writes the City newspaper, despite Frederiksen’s offer of greater cooperation on the military bases and on the exploitation of the mining resources of the large Arctic island controlled by Copenhagen.

“It was very resolved,” added another source, “it was a cold shower. Before it was difficult to take it seriously. But I think it is serious, and potentially very dangerous”.

The phone call “sent everything Outside the gangheri “the Danesiexplained an official of the Copenhagen government. “The intent was very clear. They want it. The Danes are in crisis mode,” said another source. According to Brian Hughes, a spokesman for the national security council, Trump clarified that “Greenland’s security is important for the United States, Since China and Russia make significant investments in the Arctic Region “.

“The president is committed not only to protect US interests in the Arctic but also to work with Greenland to ensure shared prosperity for both nations,” Hughes added to Fox News microphones.

Trump had raised the idea of ​​buying or taking possession of Greenland already at the time of his first term and has rejected himself so far to exclude the use of military force to achieve this goal. “For national security purposes and freedom for the world, the United States of America believe that the property and control of Greenland are an absolute necessity,” Trump wrote on Truth Social last month.

Frederiksen, for his part, recalled that too The Greenland Prime Minister, Mute Edege“it was very, very clear … that Greenland is not on sale Nor will it be in the future is widely shared by the Greenland population “.