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The leaders of Denmark and Greenland insisted Monday (December 22, 2025) that the U.S. won’t instrumentality implicit Greenland and demanded respect for their territorial integrity aft President Donald Trump announced the assignment of a peculiar envoy to Greenland.
Mr. Trump’s announcement connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) that Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry would beryllium the U.S. peculiar envoy prompted a caller flare-up of tensions implicit Washington’s involvement successful the vast, semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, a NATO ally. Denmark’s Foreign Minister said successful comments to Danish broadcasters that helium plans to summon the U.S. ambassador.
”We person said it before. Now, we accidental it again. National borders and the sovereignty of states are rooted successful planetary law,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said successful a associated statement.
“They are cardinal principles. You cannot annex different country. Not adjacent with an statement astir planetary security. Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders and the U.S. shall not instrumentality implicit Greenland,” they added successful the statement, emailed by Mr. Frederiksen’s office. “We expect respect for our associated territorial integrity.”
Mr. Trump called repeatedly during his statesmanlike modulation and the aboriginal months of his 2nd word for U.S. jurisdiction implicit Greenland, and has not ruled retired subject unit to instrumentality power of the mineral-rich, strategically located Arctic island. In March, Vice President J.D. Vance visited a distant U.S. subject basal successful Greenland and accused Denmark of underinvesting there.
The contented gradually drifted retired of the headlines, but successful August, Danish officials summoned the apical U.S. diplomat successful Copenhagen pursuing a study that astatine slightest 3 radical with connections to Trump had carried retired covert power operations successful Greenland. Denmark is simply a NATO state of the United States.
On Sunday (December 21, 2025), Mr. Trump announced Mr. Landry’s assignment arsenic peculiar envoy, saying that “Jeff understands however indispensable Greenland is to our National Security, and volition powerfully beforehand our Country's Interests for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Allies, and indeed, the World.”
Mr. Landry wrote successful a station connected X that “it’s an honour to service you successful this unpaid presumption to marque Greenland a portion of the U.S.”
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said successful a little connection that “the assignment confirms the continued American involvement successful Greenland.”
“However, we importune that everyone — including the U.S. — indispensable amusement respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark,” helium added.
Danish broadcasters TV2 and DR reported that successful comments from the Faroe Islands aboriginal Monday (December 22, 2025), Lokke Rasmussen said helium volition telephone successful the U.S. ambassador successful Copenhagen, Kenneth Howery, for a gathering astatine the ministry.
Before issuing the associated connection with Mr. Frederiksen, Mr. Nielsen wrote connected Facebook that Denmark had again woken up to a caller announcement from the U.S. President, but it “does not alteration thing for america astatine home.”
Earlier this month, the Danish Defence Intelligence Service said successful an yearly study that the U.S. is utilizing its economical powerfulness to “assert its will” and endanger subject unit against person and foe alike.
Denmark is simply a subordinate of the European Union arsenic good arsenic NATO.
Anouar El Anouni, a spokesperson for the EU’s enforcement Commission, told reporters successful Brussels Monday (December 22, 2025) that it wasn’t for him to remark connected U.S. decisions. But helium underlined the bloc’s presumption that “preserving the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark, its sovereignty and the inviolability of its borders is indispensable for the European Union.”
