{"id":24002,"date":"2025-03-14T16:46:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24002"},"modified":"2025-03-14T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:46:19","slug":"greenland-issues-sharp-response-after-trump-made-absurd-and-embarrassing-comment-about-denmark-while-discussing-their-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24002","title":{"rendered":"Greenland issues sharp response after Trump made ‘absurd and embarrassing’ comment about Denmark while discussing their rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greenland has issued a sharp response to Donald Trump after the President hinted at plans to annex the territory while making an ’embarrassing’ claim about Denmark.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0POTUS<\/a>\u00a0is determined to see both\u00a0Canada<\/a>\u00a0and Greenland join the US, neither of which appear particularly keen on the idea.<\/p>\n

However, while meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office on Thursday (March 13),\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0raised some eyebrows when he reiterated his ambition to annex the island, which falls under the governance of the Kingdom of Denmark.<\/p>\n

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Trump and NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte discussed the idea (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

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Trump said he thinks ‘it’ll happen’ and tipped Rutte as the man ‘that could be very instrumental’ in helping.<\/p>\n

He added: “You know, Mark, we need [Greenland] for international security, not just security – international.<\/p>\n

“That whole area is becoming very important, and for a lot of reasons.<\/p>\n

“The routes are very direct to Asia, to\u00a0Russia<\/a>, and you have ships all over the place and we have to have protection, so we’re gong to have to make a deal on that.”<\/p>\n

Yet while Rutte dismissed the idea, saying: “I don’t want to drag NATO into that,” the\u00a0president went on to make an ‘absurd and embarrassing’ mistake<\/a>\u00a0over the world’s largest island and its historical roots.<\/p>\n

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Greenland leader M\u00fate Egede said ‘enough is enough’ (Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The semi-autonomous nation is politically governed by the Kingdom of Denmark, but Trump suggested Denmark ‘really has nothing to do’ with the Arctic island.<\/p>\n

“What, a boat landed there 200 years ago or something and they say they have rights to it?<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if that’s true. I don’t think it is actually,” he concluded.<\/p>\n

Greenland has, in fact, been part of the Kingdom of Denmark since 1953, with social media users hitting out at the POTUS and saying Denmark does have a legitimate right to the island.<\/p>\n

Now, Greenland’s leaders have snapped back at Trump – and appear to be standing firm against any US plans to annex their homeland.<\/p>\n

Outgoing Greenland Prime Minister M\u00fate Egede wrote on Facebook: “Enough is enough,” before revealing he plans on summoning the territory’s leaders from across the political spectrum in a meeting to unite against Trump.<\/p>\n

He wrote: “The American president has once again ventured the idea of annexing us. I can’t accept that.<\/p>\n

“We need to tighten our rejection of Trump. Don’t keep treating us with disrespect.”<\/p>\n

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Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Trump’s proposal was ‘inappropriate’ (CHRISTIAN KLINDT SOELBECK\/Ritzau Scanpix\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland’s likely next prime minister, also slammed the president’s statement as ‘inappropriate’, adding: “[It] just shows once again that we must stand together in such situations.”<\/p>\n

Ahead of Greenland’s election, all its candidates outlined that they did not want the island to join the US,\u00a0according<\/a>\u00a0to NBC News.<\/p>\n

Geographically, the territory sits closer to Canada than\u00a0Europe<\/a>\u00a0and would be a major prize for the US due to its strategic position in the North Atlantic against rivals Russia and China.<\/p>\n

The US already has a military base on the island and has maintained a strong defense partnership with Denmark as a NATO ally.<\/p>\n

It is also home to some 56,000 people where growing calls have been made for full independence from Denmark.<\/p>\n

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