Denmark, Greenland and Trump
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A bipartisan congressional delegation traveled to Denmark to try to deescalate rising tensions. Just as they were finishing, President Trump announced new tariffs on the country until it agrees to his plan of acquiring Greenland.
A bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation's comments in Denmark contrasted with those emanating from the White House.
The Danes have tried everything to pacify an unpredictable president. Now they may be reaching their red line.
Protesters chanted 'Greenland is not for sale' and marched to the US embassy in Copenhagen in show of solidarity with residents of Arctic island.
Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen called on Monday for NATO to do more in the Arctic, announcing that he and Greenlandic Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Motzfeldt aimed to discuss this with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
Representatives for the World Economic Forum, which kicks off today in Switzerland, have confirmed to Bloomberg that Danish officials will not be attending despite being invited, as tensions over U.S. interest in acquiring Greenland intensify.
Denmark and Greenland have discussed the possibility of having a NATO mission in Greenland and the Arctic, Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said on Monday.
Danish officials told lawmakers this week they worried an overly partisan vote could undercut their position. Danish officials told U.S. lawmakers this week to avoid a war powers vote on Greenland unless it could pass overwhelmingly, warning that a narrow or partisan outcome could do more harm than good.