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BeyondGeography

(40,830 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:24 AM Yesterday

'We choose Denmark' over the US, Greenland's PM says

Source: Deutsche Welle

Greenland has chosen Denmark over the United States, Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Tuesday. "We are now facing a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark," Nielsen said. He emphatically rejected the idea that Greenland could come under Washington's control.

"One thing must be clear to everyone — Greenland does not want to be owned by the United States. Greenland does not want to be governed by the United States. Greenland does not want to be part of the United States," he said. He spoke at a joint news conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen.

US President Donald Trump had been promoting the idea of buying or annexing the semi-autonomous Danish territory for years, and further stoked tensions in recent weeks by saying the United States would take it "one way or the other." Frederiksen slammed what she called "unacceptable pressure" from Denmark's closest ally, the US, over Greenland. She warned that "there are many indications that the most challenging part is ahead of us."

Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/we-choose-denmark-over-the-us-greenlands-pm-says/a-75493398

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'We choose Denmark' over the US, Greenland's PM says (Original Post) BeyondGeography Yesterday OP
This is after the meeting with Vance?..................... Lovie777 Yesterday #1
after a meeting with that couchfucker, I would choose vomit over the US. nt Javaman Yesterday #4
Thought that meeting was tomorrow? EllieBC 20 hrs ago #8
Better values. Frasier Balzov Yesterday #2
Can't blame them there Bayard Yesterday #3
Thank you Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen !!! SamKnause Yesterday #5
Many here in the US support Greenland Stargazer99 20 hrs ago #6
I wish California Quanto Magnus 20 hrs ago #7
TY & Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen! Cha 20 hrs ago #9
i support a Greenlandic transition toward independence. ForgoTheConsequence 18 hrs ago #10

SamKnause

(14,734 posts)
5. Thank you Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen !!!
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 11:21 AM
Yesterday

Thank you Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen !!!

Quanto Magnus

(1,302 posts)
7. I wish California
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:52 PM
20 hrs ago

could be 'not part of the United States'...

Why would any country want to join the US right now????

Cha

(317,029 posts)
9. TY & Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen!
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:30 PM
20 hrs ago

I wish the Very Best For Greenland, Denmark, EU, Blue Cities, and States.

ForgoTheConsequence

(5,170 posts)
10. i support a Greenlandic transition toward independence.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:57 PM
18 hrs ago

But they are wise and know that now is not the right time. Get through these next three years of hell and then begin working on a gradual separation. Right now, Denmark and NATO are the only things preventing them from being pillaged.

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