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Denmark’s prime minister says Trump is serious about wanting Greenland takeover

By Thomson Reuters Jan 5, 2026 | 9:28 AM

COPENHAGEN, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on ‍Monday that she believes U.S. President Donald Trump is serious about wanting to take over ‌Greenland, and that ‌both Denmark and Greenland have clearly rejected his ambition.

“Unfortunately, I think the American ​president should be taken seriously when he ‍says he ​wants Greenland,” Frederiksen ​told public broadcaster DR.

“I ‍have made it very clear where the Kingdom of Denmark stands, and Greenland has ‍repeatedly said that it does not want to be part ‍of ‍the United ​States,” she added.

“If ​the ⁠United States attacks ‌another NATO country, everything stops,” Frederiksen said.

(Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, writing by Terje Solsvik, editing by Essi ⁠Lehto)