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Denmark’s prime minister has told Donald Trump to “stop the threats” about taking over Greenland.<\/p>\n
Mette Frederiksen said “it makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the United States to take over Greenland”, adding: “The US has no right to annex any of the three nations in the Danish kingdom”.<\/p>\n
Her remarks come after Katie Miller – the wife of one of Trump’s aides, Stephen Miller – tweeted a map of Greenland in the colours of the American flag alongside the word “SOON”.<\/p>\n
Trump has repeatedly raised the possibility of Greenland becoming an annexed part of the US, citing its strategic location and mineral wealth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In her statement, posted on the Danish government website, Frederiksen said she was addressing the US “very directly”.<\/p>\n
She said Denmark – “and thus Greenland” – was a Nato member and covered by the alliance’s security guarantee. Denmark already had a defence agreement with the US that gave it access to Greenland, she said, and Denmark had upped its investment in security in the Arctic region.<\/p>\n
“I would therefore strongly urge the United States to stop the threats against a historically close ally and against another country and another people who have very clearly said that they are not for sale,” she said.<\/p>\n
Earlier the Danish ambassador to the US responded to the post<\/a> by Ms Miller – a right-wing podcaster and former aide to Trump during his first term – with a “friendly reminder” that the two countries were allies and saying Denmark expected respect for its territorial integrity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The exchange comes after the US carried out a major military operation against Venezuela<\/a> on Saturday, capturing its president Nicolas Maduro and his wife and removing them to New York.<\/p>\n Trump later said the US would “run” Venezuela and US oil companies would “start making money for the country”.<\/p>\n The US president has previously refused to rule out using force to secure control of Greenland, a vast island in the Arctic. <\/p>\n Trump has claimed that making it part of the United States would serve US security interests due to its strategic location and its abundance of minerals critical to high-tech sectors. <\/p>\n