Denmark to summon US ambassador following Greenland envoy appointment

Copenhagen slams Jeff Landry’s connection regarding annexation of the territory arsenic ‘totally unacceptable’.

Denmark has summoned the United States ambassador aft President Donald Trump’s assignment of a peculiar envoy to Greenland.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said connected Monday that helium was “deeply angered” by the assignment of Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry arsenic envoy to the autonomous Danish territory, which Trump has respective times threatened to annex.

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Rasmussen said helium was peculiarly disturbed by comments from Landry connected accepting the assignment that hailed plans “to marque Greenland a portion of the US”.

Calling the connection “totally unacceptable”, helium demanded that Washington respect Danish sovereignty and said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would soon summon the US ambassador for “an explanation”.

Despite Denmark being a NATO ally, Trump has repeatedly antagonised the Nordic authorities by threatening to instrumentality power of Greenland, which is mostly self-governing but incorporated into Denmark.

Trump has insisted that the US needs the resource-rich island for information reasons. He has refused to regularisation retired the usage of subject unit to prehend control, noting successful March that the US would “go arsenic acold arsenic we person to”.

The leaders of some Denmark and Greenland person repeatedly said the immense Arctic land is not for merchantability and volition determine its aboriginal itself.

According to a January sentiment poll, the immense bulk of Greenland’s 57,000 radical privation to go autarkic from Denmark, but they bash not privation to go portion of the US.

Trump named Landry arsenic the US envoy to the territory connected Sunday nighttime and said successful a station connected his Truth Social level that the Louisiana politician “understands however indispensable Greenland is to our National Security, and volition powerfully beforehand our Country’s Interests”.

Landry responded straight to Trump successful a station connected X: “It’s an grant to service you successful this unpaid presumption to marque Greenland a portion of the US.”

While Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Landry’s assignment “doesn’t alteration thing for america present astatine home”, it adds to the simmering hostility betwixt the US and Denmark.

In August, Denmark summoned the US complaint d’affaires aft media reports of a US covert power campaign successful Greenland.

Earlier this month, the Danish Defence Intelligence Service warned that the US is utilizing its economical powerfulness to “assert its will” and threatening subject unit against person and foe alike.