'Very serious.' Denmark, Greenland fear Trump still wants to take control [View all]
Source: USA Today
Feb. 14, 2026 Updated Feb. 15, 2026, 4:00 a.m. ET
MUNICH, Germany − The leaders of Denmark and Greenland do not think the crisis over the Arctic territory has ended and believe President Donald Trump is still "very serious" about acquiring the territory. Mette Frederiksen, Denmark's prime minister, and her Greenlandic counterpart Jens-Frederik Nielsen, made the comment about the semi-autonomous Danish island while appearing at the Munich Security Conference on Feb 14.
"I think the desire from the U.S. president is exactly the same," said Frederiksen, when asked during a panel how to describe the situation now that formal talks over the issue have begun. "He’s very serious about this," she said.
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Responding to the same question about whether the talks would appease Trump, Nielsen said "we cannot lower our shoulders." He said that Trump's desire to acquire Greenland was "still there."
Their lingering anxiety over Trump's interest in Greenland comes even though both leaders said they held constructive talks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the conference. The United States, Denmark and Greenland launched talks in late January to resolve the diplomatic crisis.
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