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'Enough is enough,' as Greenland and Denmark reactto Trump's comments

 

Trump’s overnight comments on annexing Greenland – “I think this will happen” – sparked fury on the island and in Denmark.

 

Outgoing Greenlandic prime minister Múte B. Egede, who holds the fort waiting for the new coalition to emerge, has said he “cannot accept this,” and called a meeting of all party leaders to form a united front against Trump.

 

“This time we must sharpen our rejection of Trump. We must not continue to be treated with disrespect. Enough is enough,” he said.

 

His likely successor, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, has also rejected Donald Trump’s effort to take control of the island, saying Greenlanders must be allowed to decide their own future as it moves toward independence from Denmark.

 

Nielsen, whose centre-right Democrats won a surprise victory in this week’s legislative elections and now must form a coalition government, pushed back against Trump’s repeated claims that the US will annex the island.

 

“We don’t want to be Americans. No, we don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders, and we want our own independence in the future,” Nielsen told Sky News. “And we want to build our own country by ourselves.”

 

In a separate comment on Facebook, he called Trump’s comments “inappropriate.”

 

 

Over in Denmark, Jacob Kaarsbo, former chief analyst at the Danish Defence Intelligence Agency, was quoted by Berlingske as telling TV2 News that Trump’s comments “send chills down the spines of officials and politicians not just in Denmark, but all Nato.”

 

Rasmus Jarlov, chair of the Danish parliament’s defence committee, put it in even starker terms as he also took aim at Nato secretary general Mark Rutte for not reacting to Trump’s comments.

 

We do not appreciate the Secr. Gen. of NATO joking with Trump about Greenland like this.

 

It would mean war between two NATO countries. Greenland has just voted against immediate independence from Denmark and does not want to be American ever.

 

In case you wondered what was the response from the US, former Trump aide and Republican political consultant Roger Stone replied to Jarlov with this comment:

 

This is your sick demented repugnant, and baseless opinion. The problem is that you are no one and you don’t speak for the people of Greenland. Get over yourself no one here cares what you think about anything. Asshole.


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