King Frederik X hasn’t even reigned for a whole year and he’s already facing a challenge for control of part of his royal realm.
Donald Trump, the President elect of the United States, has said he thinks it would be better all round if Greenland was under his command.
The new King and Queen of Denmark face a challenge for part of their realm
(Steen Evald/Kongehuset)
Writing on Truth Social just before Christmas, Mr Trump gave King Frederik a most unwanted festive gift by stating ”For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.”
The Prime Minister of Greenland, Mute Egede, immediately responded by saying ”Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.”
(Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)
Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. It was, briefly, occupied by the United States in World War Two after Denmark was overrun by Nazi Germany. That ended in 1945. Changes continued in Greenland’s status and it was granted home rule in 1979.
It remains strategically important in the Atlantic and it’s also the site of the Pituffik US space base.
This isn’t the first time that Donald Trump has talked about taking over Greenland. In 2019, during his first presidency, he floated the idea of buying it but was roundly rebuffed by authorities in Denmark and Greenland. As a consequence of the public spat that ensued, he cancelled a planned trip to Copenhagen.
Now, it seems, King Frederik and Queen Mary might not be making any immediate plans to throw open the doors of the Amalienborg Palace to the incoming US President as Greenland might be making him see red.
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