U.S. lawmakers wrap reassurance tour in Denmark
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Protesters chanted 'Greenland is not for sale' and marched to the US embassy in Copenhagen in show of solidarity with residents of Arctic island.
President Donald Trump has often joked that Denmark’s defense of Greenland is so paltry that it consists entirely of “two dog sleds.” As one of the few people to have manned those sleds, Kasper Damsø bristles at the remark.
A bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation's comments in Denmark contrasted with those emanating from the White House.
Some protesters expressed fears that if they spoke out about Trump, his administration could bar them from visiting the United States.
Protesters were rallying in Denmark and Greenland on Saturday against US President Donald Trump’s threats to take over the Arctic island.
U.S., Danish and Greenlandic officials have met face to face to discuss President Donald Trump’s ambitions to take control of Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark.
Trump said the 10% duties on eight European countries would increase to 25% on June 1 unless a deal is reached.
Yesterday, after Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, vowed to cast his lot with Denmark over the United States, Trump said that he didn’t “know anything about” Nielsen but that such a choice would be a “big problem for him.”
Denmark’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that a “fundamental disagreement” with U.S. President Donald Trump over the future of Greenland remained unresolved after high-level talks in Washington, even as Denmark and NATO allies moved to increase their military presence in the Arctic territory amid rising tensions.