WASHINGTON – A day after the U.S.’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump on Sunday reiterated his stance on the self-governing Danish territory, Greenland.
“We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and Denmark is not going to be able to do it, I can tell you,” Trump said Sunday on Air Force One. “It’s so strategic right now. Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place,” the president added.
Since the beginning of his second term, the president has mentioned the annexation of the territory from Denmark. He argued that Greenland is necessary for national security, emphasizing its resources and strategic location.
On the same day as the president’s comments, Katie Miller, the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, posted on X with an image of Greenland draped in the U.S. flag. The post’s caption simply reads, “SOON.”
President Trump’s remarks raise concerns in Denmark.
“I have to say this very directly to the United States: It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the United States to take over Greenland,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen expressed Sunday in a Facebook post.
“The Kingdom of Denmark - and thus Greenland - is part of NATO and is therefore covered by the alliance’s security guarantee. We already have a defense agreement between the Kingdom and the United States today, which gives the United States wide access to Greenland,” Frederiksen continued, rebuking the President’s words.
The Trump administration published a National Security Strategy last month, which detailed the U.S.’s plan to restore “American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere” as a central pillar of the president’s second term.
Additionally, the President has called back to the Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary as he justifies the nation’s current efforts to neighbors and beyond, even poking at the idea of labeling the fifth U.S. President’s foundational decree as the “Don-roe Doctrine.”
