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Reports: Danish crisis meeting after Trump's Greenland threat

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is calling the party leaders of the Folketing to a crisis meeting after Donald Trump's threats about Greenland, sources for several Danish media outlets say.

The meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, according to the reports. The party leaders will then be informed about the government's position on the developments in recent days regarding Greenland and the United States.

On Tuesday, Frederiksen told TV2 that she cannot imagine that Trump will make the threats of economic or military pressure a reality, and urged all parties involved to keep a cool head.

She also emphasized that Denmark values ​​its relationship with the United States and does not want a trade war.

Prime Minister: Understands that many are concerned

Donald Trump's statements about Greenland are "of course worrying." This is what Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Egede told the public service company KNR.

Many Greenlanders are expressing concern on social media after the statements.

– I understand that many of our citizens are concerned. [...] That is why I think we must stand united. That is where our strength lies, says Egede.

The US has an agreement with the Arctic countries that the Arctic should be free from geopolitical tensions, and in light of that, Trump's statements are deeply inappropriate, says the Prime Minister.

Scholz: Misunderstanding within the EU after Trump's words

EU leaders have reacted with "misunderstanding" after Donald Trump's statements about Greenland. This was said by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday according to AFP.

– In my discussions with our European partners, there has been a clear lack of understanding regarding the latest statements from the US regarding the principle of the inviolability of national borders, he says.

Meanwhile, Politico reports that the European Commission gave vague answers to journalists' questions about the Greenland threat, and did not want to "go into details" during a press conference on Wednesday.

- It is clear that the sovereignty of states must be respected, said Commission spokesperson Anitta Hipper, adding that Brussels looks forward to working with the next US administration.

Voices on Greenland
Expert: A similar threat has not been made in 120 years

Donald Trump's Greenland threat is "incredibly startling". Jan Hallenberg, a political scientist and US expert at the Swedish Institute for Foreign Policy, told TT.

- It is something that has almost never happened in US history, that you threaten an ally with potential military force.

The last time it happened was at the end of the 19th century, when the US took control of the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War, according to Hallenberg.

Trump's statements should primarily be interpreted as negotiating statements and indications against Russia and China, whose interests in the Arctic he dislikes, he adds.