The northern regions of the globe are all the rage in the geopolitical world right now.
Whether it’s over defense considerations or over the increasingly viable maritime routes, the Arctic and Greenland are always in the headlines.
Now, as Trump reaffirmed his confidence that the US ‘will get’ Greenland and does not rule out the possibility of military force, Greenland and Denmark are panicking.
’We will get Greenland. Yes, 100%’, Trump said in an interview with NBC. The probability is high that this will be accomplished without the use of military force. But he again stated: ‘I don’t anything from the table’.
The new Prime Minister of Greenland, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, defiantly posted on Facebook that the US will not get the island.
Reuters reported:
“’President Trump says that the United States is getting Greenland. Let me be clear: The United States won’t get that. We do not belong to anyone else. We determine our own future’, Nielsen said in the social media post.
[…] During a visit to a U.S. military base in the north of Greenland on Friday [28], U.S. Vice President JD Vance accused Denmark of not doing a good job of keeping the island safe and suggested the United States would better protect the strategically located island.”
Denmark’s leadership has failed the people of Greenland, and their bullying tactics won’t change that.
Investment in Greenland’s security is in America’s best interest, and it will continue under President Trump. pic.twitter.com/ZpGlnDXCRh
— Vice President JD Vance (@VP) March 28, 2025
PM Nielsen also said today (31) that he was looking forward to Wednesday’s visit by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
In a separate Reuters report:
“Frederiksen on Saturday announced that she would visit Greenland on April 2-4 for talks with the semi-autonomous Danish territory’s new government, amid U.S. interest in taking control of the Arctic island.
‘Denmark is our closest partner, and it is natural that we meet as soon as possible’, Nielsen wrote in a post on Facebook.”
Wow.
Trump just got very serious about Greenland.
It’s about securing the Western Hemisphere. Russia and China are growing their influence in the arctic and Denmark can’t do it themselves.pic.twitter.com/CcH97fLay0
— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) March 28, 2025
While Greenland can count on Denmark for some considerable diplomatic support, when it comes to the military muscle, Denmark drained its defense capacity to arm Ukraine.
Sputnik reported:
“While it has a population of just 6 [million] and a $428 [billion] GDP, Denmark has consistently led the Western alliance in the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, with its arms deliveries the FOURTH LARGEST after the US, Germany and the UK, totaling $8.2 [billion], and non-military aid adding up to $1.15 [billion].”
Denmark has cleared out its arms caches weapons to arm Kiev: F-16s, CAESAR howitzers, Leopard tanks, APCs, MANPADs, IFVs…
“Denmark has just 130 civilian and military personnel permanently based at its Joint Arctic Command in Nuuk, plus the 1st Squadron of the Royal Danish Navy with four Thetis patrol and three Knud Rasmussen-class patrol ships, a lone Challenger 604 maritime patrol aircraft, and 14 Sirius Dog Sled Patrol commandos guarding the island.”
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