Denmark Caves, Offers Major Greenland Concession To US!

Among the most ambitious goals of President Donald Trump’s second term is his push for the U.S. to obtain Greenland as a strategic global asset.

Of course, many leaders in Denmark, which has had a controlling interest in Greenland for generations, have been less than receptive to such a proposal.

This week, however, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen seemed to take a step back from some of the nation’s prior hardline positions on the matter.

As Bloomberg reported:

Denmark is ready to allow the US to boost its presence in Greenland, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said as she seeks to curb an escalating diplomatic crisis with the Trump administration over the world’s largest island.

The territory already hosts an American military base that monitors space and detects missile threats, and the US “can have more possibilities,” Frederiksen told reporters ahead of a meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels.

“I totally agree with the Americans that the High North, the Arctic region is becoming more and more important when we are talking about defense and security and deterrence. And it is possible to find a way to ensure stronger footprints in Greenland,” Frederiksen said on Monday morning, adding that both Denmark and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are willing to scale up in the region.

“So if this is about securing our part of the world, we can find a way forward,” she said, reiterating that Greenland is part of Denmark and is “not for sale.”

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The concession sparked significant discussion on social media:

We will soon have Greenland

— Monica 🇺🇸 (@MonicaHepperman) February 3, 2025

We knew it..

— Cherokee Girl (@Manyspirits45) February 3, 2025

A number of other nations are also signaling their opposition to Trump’s plans for Greenland:

France offered Denmark armed forces to protect Greenland against Trump.

A raspberry macaron has a better chance surviving the weight of a John Deer tractor than the French have of surviving a US showdown.

Now NATO is siding with Trump.

The current French regime must go. pic.twitter.com/0pMlqxZStt

— Chanel Rion OAN (@ChanelRion) February 2, 2025

While Trump’s rhetoric about Greenland has been wildly misrepresented by his critics, he has made it clear why he believes American control of the island would be in the best interest of the U.S. and the world.

As BBC reported last month:

“I think the people want to be with us,” Trump said when asked about the island in the press room on board the presidential plane.

“I don’t really know what claim Denmark has to it, but it would be a very unfriendly act if they didn’t allow that to happen because it’s for the protection of the free world,” he added.

“I think Greenland we’ll get because it has to do with freedom of the world,” Trump continued.

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“It has nothing to do with the United States other than that we’re the one that can provide the freedom. They can’t.”

Here’s a clip of his recent remarks: