Denmark PM: "Stop The Threats" Of US Annexing Greenland

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04 Jan 2026, 8:17 pm

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/04/nx-s1-5666339/denmark-trump-greenland-katie-miller

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06 Jan 2026, 2:35 pm

European allies back Denmark over Trump's threat to annex Greenland

EU backs Denmark as US escalates efforts on Greenland

Keir Starmer backs Greenland in joint statement with European leaders

‘We will not stop defending them': Europe rallies behind Denmark after Trump revives Greenland remarks

US attack on Greenland would mean end of Nato, says Danish PM

European leaders pledge support for Denmark after Trump's Greenland threats

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06 Jan 2026, 9:27 pm

White House says U.S. military is an option to acquire Greenland

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The White House said Tuesday that acquiring Greenland is a "national security priority" and that using the U.S. military to achieve that goal is under consideration.

“President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

“The President and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. Military is always an option at the Commander in Chief’s disposal,” it said.

The White House statement was issued shortly after major European allies, including Denmark, said in a joint statement that they would “not stop defending” the values of sovereignty and Greenland’s territorial integrity.

“Greenland belongs to its people,” they said.

A senior White House official told NBC News that other options under consideration include purchasing the territory from Denmark or forming what's known as a compact of free association with the island.

The U.S. government has similar agreements with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau. Those deals include financial assistance in exchange for allowing the U.S. to have security presences there.

The U.S. has had a military base in Greenland for decades.

Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, told CNN on Monday that it's the formal position of the Trump administration that “Greenland should be part of the United States.”

Asked whether military action was off the table, Miller said, "It wouldn’t be military action against Greenland."

Using the military to acquire Greenland would not have the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

“No, I don’t think that’s appropriate,” Johnson said in response to a question Tuesday night from NBC News.

“I think Greenland is viewed by a lot of people as something that would be a strategic position for the U.S.,” Johnson told reporters as he left the Capitol. “I don’t know how it develops from there.”

Asked if Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers in Monday's classified briefing that Trump preferred to buy Greenland, Johnson said, "I don’t remember that. He might have said it in jest or something. I’m not sure."

Trump has spoken more about taking over Greenland following the 2024 presidential election. Last January, before taking office, Trump suggested he could use military force to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal.

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06 Jan 2026, 9:54 pm

And if this is not a reason to impeach, I cannot imagine what it will take.. . but then again today is the anniversary of Jan 6 th revolt on the US capitol . So am guessing Trump... will say anything ? Gawd save US .

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06 Jan 2026, 10:20 pm

Rump is trying to appeal to the least educated of our society, I think and pressing on the testosterone poisoned Maga/ evangelical communities that may be associated . And cannot understand why anyone left in the underclass of America can still consider him as a viable President . At this point in time . But am well aware that a lot of these folks rely on nature as a food resource. As have encountered many backwoods folk that still are using raccoon and squirrel bits as food supply . And my point of veiw maybe consider ignorant compared to theirs. Maybe , we all are just spoiled on progressive stuff? And it confuses me about this War monger point of veiw . And Support of Genocidal countries.. So if anyone can explain this mentality to me .. Prolly would be grateful .

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07 Jan 2026, 7:26 am

This saga is stupendously stupid to the tenth degree.

There is NO possibility of extraction of minerals or hydrocarbons, in any amount, from under Greenland's ice sheets.

Nearly all of Greenland's interior is covered with ice several kilometers deep. All of the precious resources Trump mentioned are under tens of megapascals of pressure and beneath another several hundred meter thick layer of gravel and other glacial detritus. The conditions down there are far more hostile than that encounted at the bottom of Challenger Deep, as ice cannot be swum through.

Some precious sources and veins are indeed present in ice free regions where Greenland borders either the Labrador Strait or the north Atlantic / Polar seas. However, these ores are buried under tens to the low hundreds of meters thick permafrost dirt and gravel, compacted by extreme pressures from overlying ice during preceding ice ages, its particles bound to each other by ice, in much the same way that cement bonds rocks and pebbles to form concrete. It is extremely hard and will cause extraction costs to skyrocket due to the absurd amount of time and labor needed to get to the juicy parts.

Not to mention, any machines brought there have to be able to function well in extreme cold as well as during wild intra-day and intra-season temperature swings, ranging from 20 C in the summer, to -40 degrees in the winter as katabatic winds descend from the ice dome and pelts ice crystals at >200 km/h against anything that happens to be in their way.

Have fun drilling for oil and rare earths, Mr. Trump, as well as your administration. It will be an amazing event to behold.

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07 Jan 2026, 8:10 am

Jakki wrote:

Gawd save US .

Not just threatening Greenland but so many other countries that are not our enemies, and even former close friends like Canada.

The strongest case would be launching war without consulting Congress. The constitution is clear the power to declare war rests with Congress. The problem is Congress has been ceding control to the President for a half century now.

What is likely to happen is the Democrats will gain control of the House of Representative and they will impeach him on several charges. They won’t get close to getting the two thirds of the Senate needed to convict him. This would be pathetic virtue signaling.

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07 Jan 2026, 11:38 am

ASPartOfMe wrote:

Not just threatening Greenland but so many other countries that are not our enemies, and even former close friends like Canada.

This, more than anything else, makes me suspect Trump of being a Russian (or Chinese?) agent.

Russia and China are the only countries that benefit from Trump's antics, IMO. They would love nothing more than to break up the U.S.A.'s military alliances.

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09 Jan 2026, 4:09 am

Mona Pereth wrote:

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Not just threatening Greenland but so many other countries that are not our enemies, and even former close friends like Canada.

Trump is not an agent of China or Russia or whatever country the US designates as an adversary.

There is a very simple, though perhaps hard to digest for some, explanation for this.

Donald J. Trump is tremendously stupid, power hungry, mildly senile, and utterly inexperienced to be a proper political figure.

Most important of all, he is surrounded entirely by yes men and yes women and people of all colors and status and wealth and professions who grovel to him and who follows his narrative and who defends him against outsiders' attacks.

To wit: He is as dumb as a dumpster and surrounded on all sides by an army of smaller dumpsters who view him as Christ Incarnate.

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09 Jan 2026, 11:00 am

TesrickTheDog wrote:

Mona Pereth wrote:

ASPartOfMe wrote:

Not just threatening Greenland but so many other countries that are not our enemies, and even former close friends like Canada.

I have to disagree. He is so dumb he was elected President twice. He is a master bully and manipulator of emotions. He is an elite in every sense of the word yet found a way to be beloved by people who resent elitists. He has been indicted repeatedly and credibly accused again and again and has found a way not only to not be held accountable but reelected.

Trump Derangement Syndrome is him getting opponents so riled up they make political mistakes. They know what he is doing to them but they fall for it anyway because he knows how to make their emotions get the better of them.

Trump made fun of Ted Cruz wife’s looks and said his dad was involved in JFK’s assassination. Ted Cruz is one of Trump’s staunchest allies. Dumb as dumpster people can’t do that. All these Republican politicians that are his lackeys are politicians, skilled manipulators in their own right yet they do what he wants.

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09 Jan 2026, 3:48 pm

^I agree. Trump is extremely good at manipulating people into making the moves he wants them to make. He's like a guy that wins every chess game "on pure luck" while making all the "wrong" moves and babbling like a fool.

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09 Jan 2026, 11:38 pm

Fortunately some Republican Senators are publicly disagreeing with Trump about Greenland:

- 9 Republican Senators Rebuke Donald Trump’s Greenland Threats Newsweek, Jan. 8, 2026.
- GOP senators push back hard on talk of Greenland takeover by Trump officials - The Hill, Jan. 8, 2026.

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10 Jan 2026, 5:53 pm

Isn't this just trump playing to voters? Americans know their economy is cooked, trump is just dangling "riches" from Greenland as a "pot of gold" that will make America rich again like Alaskan oil.

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11 Jan 2026, 6:01 pm

I heard the other day that lions and tigers will usually kill a person first before eating them, but bears will tear you apart without caring if you're alive or dead. I guess that includes polar bears.

I'm hoping that Trump gets eaten by polar bears in Greenland, but that might make them sick.

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11 Jan 2026, 6:18 pm

I wanted to mention something that does not get brought up much about this issue. Trump is going directly against a 1916 treaty with Denmark in wanting control of Greenland. Denmark sold the Danish West Indies islands (now the US Virgin Islands) to the US government for $25,000,000 with the additional agreement that the US would confirm that all of Greenland was controlled by the government of Denmark. I guess the US government does not hold legit treaties in high regard anymore...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of ... est_Indies

https://nordics.info/show/artikel/decla ... land-1916/

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11 Jan 2026, 8:25 pm

QuantumChemist wrote:

Denmark colonised Greenland in 1721 and kicked the Inuit out of power from their traditional lands. If trump is smart he would demand the Inuit (who still make up 88% of Greenland's population) be given the right to a referendum to join the USA and then offer the Inuit a cash bribe they can't refuse.

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