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‘Fateful moment’ for Denmark amid Trump threats to take over Greenland

Danish prime minister says country is at a crossroads and accuses US of turning its back on Nato

Mette Frederiksen has said that Denmark is at a “fateful moment” amid Donald Trump’s threats to take over Greenland, accusing the US of potentially turning its back on Nato.

Speaking at a party leader debate at a political rally on Sunday, the Danish prime minister said her country was “at a crossroads”.

Her comments came before a crucial week in increasingly tense relations between Denmark, Greenland and the US in which the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland, Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Vivian Motzfeldt, are due to meet the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio.

'We just want to be left alone': Greenlanders on Trump's takeover threats

This week, Donald Trump repeated his desire to take over Greenland and make it part of the United States, potentially by using military force.

The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler visited the Arctic island's capital, Nuuk, to ask locals what they thought of the US president's renewed threats.

One Greenlander said she thought Trump was "crazy", while another said residents "just want to be left alone".

It comes against a background of global superpowers scrambling for the Arctic for its strategic defence capabilities, as well as for rare earths and other minerals, which are newly accessible due to melting ice.

Greenland claims: How close have NATO members come to fighting each other?

The US is considering military action to seize Greenland, in a move that could cause divisions within the NATO alliance.

The Trump administration has once again threatened to take control of Greenland either by acquiring it or through the use of military force to “deter our adversaries in the Arctic region.”

Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, already hosts the Pituffik Space Base, which the US operates in coordination with Danish authorities. Both the US and Denmark are founding members of NATO, the most powerful military alliance.

European and Canadian leaders have jumped to support Denmark and Greenland, saying they are working on a plan in the event the United States follows through with its threats.

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