THE GUARDIAN: Danish prime minister says country is at a crossroads and accuses US of turning its back on Nato
Mette Frederiksen has said that Denmark is at a “fateful moment” amid Donald Trump’s threats to take over Greenland, accusing the US of potentially turning its back on Nato.
Speaking at a party leader debate at a political rally on Sunday, the Danish prime minister said her country was “at a crossroads”.
Her comments came before a crucial week in increasingly tense relations between Denmark, Greenland and the US in which the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland, Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Vivian Motzfeldt, are due to meet the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio.
“We are at a crossroads, and this is a fateful moment,” said Frederiksen. “What is at stake is bigger than what the eye can see, because if what we experience from the Americans is that they are actually turning their backs on the western alliance, that they are turning their backs on our Nato cooperation by threatening an ally, which we have not experienced before, then everything will stop.”
On Friday, Trump said the US would take action on Greenland “whether they like it or not”. He said: “We’re going to be doing something with Greenland, either the nice way or the more difficult way.” His administration has refused repeatedly to rule out the use of military force – despite Denmark and Greenland being Nato allies. » | Miranda Bryant, Nordic correspondent | Sunday, January 11, 2026
