CLAIMS SHARED WIDELY online falsely said that Greenland would “bypass” Denmark to negotiate a possible annexation with the US government directly.
However, a joint statement by the Danish and Greenlandic Prime Ministers on 13 January have shown that these predictions, which never had a solid basis, had no basis in fact.
US President Donald Trump has said that Greenland, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, would become part of the United States “one way or the other”.
EU finance ministers are meeting in the wake of Trump’s announcement on Saturday that he would be levying tariffs of 10% on all goods sold in the US by eight European nations until the US acquires Greenland.
The European Council is to hold an emergency summit in the coming days, where leaders are to discuss next steps in light of Donald Trump’s threats to take over Greenland.
There is currently a bill in the US House of Representatives with the express aim of seizing Greenland. Meanwhile, a bipartisan bill in the US Senate seeks to bar any funds being used to occupy NATO territory, such as Greenland.
“If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark,” Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the leader of Greenland said last week at the joint conference with his Danish counterpart, a day ahead of their meeting with senior US officials, including the US Vice President.
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