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Politico (4 January 2026)

Jones Hayden

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark expressed outrage on Sunday at recent statements emerging from the United States targeting Greenland for American annexation — including from President Donald Trump himself.

“It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the United States to take over Greenland,” Frederiksen wrote in a statement. “The United States has no right to annex one of the three countries in the Danish Realm.”

U.S. publication the Atlantic had posted an interview with Trump earlier on Jan. 4 in which the American leader said: “We do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defense,” and described the Danish autonomous territory as “surrounded by Russian and Chinese ships.”

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