‘We Are Ready to Defend Every Inch…’: Denmark PM Dares Trump over Greenland at NATO

July 8, 2026 | Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen addresses renewed questions over Greenland at the NATO Summit, reaffirming sovereignty, invoking NATO’s collective defense pledge, and outlining Europe’s security priorities on Ukraine and rearmament. Her remarks come amid fresh scrutiny of Donald Trump’s stance on Greenland and underscore the alliance’s commitment to territorial integrity.

Trump: US Should Control Greenland

THE TELEGRAPH: Donald Trump said the US should take control of Greenland, reopening the dispute with Europe at the Nato summit.

Mr Trump raised the issue of the island’s sovereignty while taking questions before a bilateral meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish president.

“Greenland [...] should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark,” Mr Trump said.

“Because Greenland doesn’t help Denmark. Denmark doesn’t spend money to really help Greenland,” he added. » | Lily Shanagher, Foreign Breaking News Reporter. Emily Smith, Foreign Breaking News Reporter. Chanel Zagon | Tuesday, July 7, 2026

LESEN SIE AUCH:

Donald Trump erhebt erneut Anspruch auf Grönland: Auf dem Nato-Gipfel hat der US-Präsident erneut Gebietsansprüche auf Grönland gestellt. Bereits Anfang des Jahres drohte der Streit um die Insel die Nato zu spalten. »

Islamic Call to Prayer Faces Ban under Left-wing Danish Government

THE TELEGRAPH: Parts of Denmark feel like ‘a suburb of Islamabad’, says immigration minister

This screenshot is from this Yelegraph article. | Denmark’s immigration minister has said the call to prayer has ‘no place in Denmark’ Credit: Ole Jensen/Getty Images
Denmark’s immigration minister has announced plans to ban the Islamic call to prayer, claiming parts of the country felt like “a suburb of Islamabad”.

Morten Bødskov, a member of the centre-Left Social Democrats party, said the new government would resume an investigation into the legality of imposing a ban.

“The call to prayer should not be heard over Danish rooftops,” the minister told Danish news outlet Ritzau. “It has no place in Denmark, and you shouldn’t be in any doubt whether you’ve ended up in a suburb of Islamabad when you walk around Denmark.”

In parts of the country, such as Copenhagen, bylaws already forbid the call to prayer being broadcast from loudspeakers in minarets because of strict noise limits.

Mr Bødskov also claimed that a creeping “Islamisation” in Denmark was “taking up too much of the public space”. » | James Rothwell | Berlin Correspondent | Wedbesday, June 24, 2026

New Danish Government Vows to Resist Greenland Pressure and Tackle Cost of Living

THE GUARDIAN: Mette Frederiksen, who returns for third term as PM, says minority coalition will ‘improve everyday lives’

This screenshot is from this Guardian article. | Denmark’s incoming prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, presents the platform for a new Danish government on 2 June. Photograph: Liselotte Sabroe/EPA
Denmark’s new left-leaning government has pledged to keep pushing back against US pressure over Greenland and address the cost of living crisis, with measures including halving VAT on food and offering free public transport to young people.

“We present a government that will help improve the everyday lives of Danes,” Mette Frederiksen, who will return for a third consecutive term as prime minister at the head of the four-party minority coalition, said on Tuesday.

“We want to provide targeted support to those Danes who have been hit hard by rising petrol and diesel prices,” the prime minister said, adding that the measures were “concrete” and “reflect the way we want to be as a government”.

Announced late on Monday, the agreement between Frederiksen’s Social Democrats, the Social Liberals, the Green Left and the centrist Moderates ended two months of uncertainty after March elections in which 12 parties won seats in parliament.

The new government coalition marks a shift to the left for the 48-year-old prime minister, who for the past four years has headed an unlikely left-right alliance. With only 82 of the 179 seats in parliament, it will rely mainly on the support of the left-wing Red-Green Alliance for a parliamentary majority. » | Jon Henley, Europe correspondent | Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Danish Rightwing Leader Asked to Form Government after Frederiksen Fails to Form Coalition

THE GUARDIAN: Denmark’s king asks Troels Lund Poulsen to form government after PM struggles to gather support

The king of Denmark has asked a centre-right politician to try to form a new government after the prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has failed to put together a ruling coalition.

The announcement on Friday night shook the political establishment as Frederiksen has been a staple of Danish politics for decades. Her left-leaning party, the Social Democrats, won the plurality of votes in parliamentary elections in March.

But despite winning the most votes, it was the Social Democrats’ worst electoral showing since 1903 and no party won a majority. » | William Christou | Saturday, May 9, 2026

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Calls Snap Election after Greenland Boost | DW News

Feb 27, 2026 | It's been a big few months for Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. She's had to deal with arguably her nation's biggest geopolitical and diplomatic crisis, perhaps EVER -- Donald Trump's threats to seize Greenland. And she's managed to ward off those threats. Now Frederiksen called early parliamentary elections for March 24th, seeking to capitalize on a boost in support for her defiant stance against US pressure.

Lindsey Graham Berated Denmark’s Prime Minister (w/ Frank Dikötter) | Shield of the Republic

Feb 23, 2026 | Eric and Eliot debate the merits and deficiencies of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s attempt to present “Trumpism with a human face” at the Munich Security Conference before turning to the dilemmas Trump faces in Iran. They discuss the administration’s uncertain strategic objective, the failure to consult Congress and the public, and the potential for a much longer military engagement than Trump is accustomed to. In the second half of the show, they welcome Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Frank Dikötter to discuss his newly published book, Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity. They explore the weakness of the communist movement before World War II; the extensive role Soviet support played in sustaining it and in equipping and training what would become the People’s Liberation Army; the deep Stalinist ideological impact on the party; and the extraordinary violence and barbarity the CCP inflicted on the Chinese populace in the territories it occupied.

Denmark Rejects Trump’s Plan to Send Hospital Boat to Greenland

THE NEW TORK TIMES: Denmark’s defense minister said Greenland did not need health care assistance, a day after President Trump said he planned to send a “great hospital boat” to the island.

Denmark’s defense minister on Sunday rejected a plan by President Trump to send a “great hospital boat” to Greenland, the Arctic island and semiautonomous territory of Denmark that Mr. Trump has long sought to acquire.

The president said in a post on Truth Social on Saturday that the boat would “take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there,” adding that it was “on the way!!!”

But Troels Lund Poulsen, the Danish defense minister, told Denmark’s public broadcaster, DR, that his government had not been made aware of the plan. He said that there was “no need for special health care efforts” in Greenland.

It was not clear why Mr. Trump planned to assist Greenland with its health care. Greenlanders have the right to health care that is free at the point of use, including prescription medications, according to the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark also appeared to respond to Mr. Trump’s announcement, though she did not mention Mr. Trump or the United States. “I’m happy to live in a country where there is free and equal access to health care for everyone,” she wrote in a post on Instagram on Sunday. “The same approach exists in Greenland,” she said. » | Ali Watkins and Amelia Nierenberg | Sunday, February 22, 2026

Why People in Denmark Are Fed Up with Trump | Focus on Europe

Feb 21, 2026 | Up to 10,000 Danes protested US President Trump after the US president accused NATO ally Denmark of avoiding frontline combat in the joint Afghanistan mission. Forty-four Danish soldiers died there.

The Danes are a great people. I stand by Denmark. Indeed, we Brits stand by Denmark. And as for Trump — al sane people are all fed up with him. — © Mark Alexander

Denmark PM Warns Trump on Greenland ‘Desire’

Mette Frederiksen does some plain speaking on this matter.

Greenland: Between Denmark and Trump | ARTE.tv Documentary

Dec 24, 2025 | Trump wants Greenland to become part of the USA, a future that Greenlanders reject. But what do they want for their homeland? Many in Greenland desire to move beyond being an autonomous territory within Denmark's orbit to become a fully independent sovereign state.

Greenland: Between Denmark and Trump | ARTE.tv Documentary
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Canada and France Open Greenland Consulates in Show of Denmark Support

THE GUARDIAN: Founding of diplomatic outposts in Nuuk comes after US made efforts to secure control of Arctic island

Canada and France are to open diplomatic consulates in the capital of Greenland on Friday, showing support for their Nato ally Denmark and the Arctic island after US efforts to secure control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

Canada’s foreign minister, Anita Anand, was travelling to Nuuk to inaugurate the consulate, which officials say also could help boost cooperation on issues such as the climate crisis and Inuit rights. She was joined by Canada’s Indigenous governor general, Mary Simon.

France’s foreign ministry said Jean-Noël Poirier would take up duties as the country’s consul general, making it the first EU country to establish a consulate general in Greenland.

Poirier would be “tasked with working to deepen existing cooperation projects with Greenland in the cultural, scientific and economic fields, while also strengthening political ties with the local authorities”, the ministry said. » | Associated Press in Nuuk | Friday, February 6, 2026

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Why the Danes Are So Obsessed with Smørrebrød

Jun 17, 2023 | For other nations, it might just be an open-faced sandwich. But for the Danes, Smørrebrød is the culinary heart of the country. At its core: rye bread topped with a variety of ingredients. We traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark, to discover why people here can't get enough of their Smørrebrød, how it's prepared, and how to enjoy it the right way. Velbekomme!

Danish Veterans Protest Trump’s NATO Remarks In Copenhagen | DRM News

Jan 31, 2026 | Danish veterans marched to the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen to protest comments by President Donald Trump on NATO allies and Greenland. Demonstrators honoured Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, saying Trump’s remarks undermined allied sacrifices after NATO’s Article Five was invoked following the 9/11 attacks.

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'We Cannot Trust the Americans' | Troops Stay in Greenland as Danes Rethink Alliance with Trump

Jan 23, 2026 | "The level of trust that we had before is not coming back."

Denmark may consider a full rearmament and their alliance with the even after Trump's climbdown as trust in the US as a stable ally has been damaged, Say Rasmus Jarlov, chair of the Danish Defence Committee

Denmark Bristles at Idea of Giving Up Any Sovereignty in Greenland

THE NEW YORK TIMES: American and NATO officials have discussed giving the United States sovereignty over U.S. military bases in Greenland. The Danes don’t seem to like that.

Danish officials pushed back on Thursday against any talk of compromising on the sovereignty of Greenland amid confusion over what kind of deal NATO leaders may have struck with President Trump over the future of the Arctic island.

“We can negotiate on everything political; security, investments, economy. But we cannot negotiate on our sovereignty,” Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister, said in a statement on Thursday about Greenland.

Greenland has been part of the Danish kingdom for more than 300 years, and “only Denmark and Greenland themselves can make decisions on issues concerning Denmark and Greenland,” Ms. Frederiksen said. It is not clear whether Denmark’s position could scuttle any possible agreement over Greenland that Mr. Trump said he had reached with Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary general, on Wednesday evening.

Mr. Trump had been insisting that the United States take over the island, despite resistance from Denmark and Greenland. He did not reveal the details of a possible breakthrough though he called it “the ultimate long term deal.” » | Jeffrey Gettleman, Maya Tekeli and Amelia Nierenberg | Jeffrey Gettleman and Amelia Nierenberg reported from London, and Maya Tekeli from Copenhagen. | Thursday, January 22, 2026

With Threats to Greenland, Trump Sets America on the Road to Conquest

THE NEW YORK TIMES: After a century of defending other countries against foreign aggression, the United States is now positioned as an imperial power trying to seize another nation’s land.

It seems safe to assume that when Harry Truman forged NATO at the dawn of the Cold War, he never imagined that over the course of nearly eight decades the only country that would wage economic war and threaten actual war against the allies for the purpose of territorial conquest would be the United States itself.

And yet that is the reality of this upside-down, might-makes-right world of President Trump’s creation as he slaps tariffs on America’s treaty partners and holds out the possibility of using military force to strong-arm Denmark and its European friends into giving up Greenland, a territory whose citizens do not want to become part of the United States.

Never in the past century has America gone forth to seize other countries’ land and subjugate its citizens against their will. Since the days of World War I, America was the country that resisted conquest, standing up to Hitler’s Germany, Tojo’s Japan, Stalin’s Soviet Union, Kim Il-sung’s North Korea and Saddam Hussein’s Iraq when they seized foreign terrain. Now Mr. Trump aspires to put America into the category of conquerors.

Coercing a loyal ally into giving up territory over its adamant objections would have been seen not long ago as preposterous, even mad — indeed, one of Mr. Trump’s own cabinet secretaries in his first term privately considered it delusional when he raised it back then. But it is a measure of how much Mr. Trump has changed the definition of normal that his appetite for seizing land that does not belong to him is debated as a serious proposition rather than dismissed out of hand as a brazen violation of U.S. treaty obligations and international law. » | Peter Baker | Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent. He and his wife, Susan Glasser, asked President Trump about Greenland during a 2021 interview for their book on his first term. | Tuesday, January 20, 2026

And religious freaks insist that there is a loving, merciful, omnipotent, just God worthy of worship! Please don’t make me laugh! — © Mark Alexander