Europe stands with Greenland as Trump threat returns

[ad_1] European leaders moved swiftly to again Greenland on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump named a particular envoy to the Arctic island, sparking a brand new diplomatic frenzy on the continent.

Trump’s appointment of Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as his envoy to Greenland marks one other transfer in his gambit to annex the self-governing Danish territory. The U.S. “has to have Greenland for nationwide safety,” Trump mentioned at a press convention on Monday.

Landry mentioned he would journey to Greenland to persuade locals to change into a part of the US.

“There is no such thing as a higher flag for freedom and alternative than the flag of the US. I stay up for sharing that message with the folks of Greenland,” Landry mentioned in a submit on X.

Danish International Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen reacted with anger to the announcement and summoned U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Ken Howery for a dressing down. Protection Minister Troels Lund Poulsen referred to as the appointment “fully unacceptable.”

Trump has beforehand tried to purchase Greenland, however each Danish and Greenlandic politicians have repeatedly mentioned that the mineral-rich island shouldn't be on the market. Again in January the American chief didn’t rule out taking the island by navy power.

Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen lamented the ability video games being performed over the way forward for his Arctic homeland.

“Unhappy, as a result of the U.S. president as soon as once more expressed a want to take over Greenland at a press convention final evening. With such phrases, our nation is decreased to a query of safety and energy. That's not how we see ourselves, and that isn't how we in Greenland can or must be spoken about,” Nielsen mentioned in a submit on social media.

In a brand new improvement, Greenland’s international minister, Vivian Motzfeldt, mentioned on Tuesday that Howery had not too long ago visited Nuuk however had not talked about Trump’s plans to nominate Landry.

“The Authorities of Greenland has not been knowledgeable that the US would appoint a particular envoy to Greenland,” Motzfeldt wrote in a press launch, including that Howery had not talked about the plan at a gathering. “This isn't an expression of belief,” she added.

“In Greenland, nothing has modified. The way forward for our nation is set by the Greenlandic folks. We're not Danes. We're not People, and we don't wish to change into one. We're Inuiaat Kalaallit, we're the Greenlandic folks. Our land is ours and others is not going to management or personal it.”