{"id":196372,"date":"2026-01-10T08:45:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-threatens-to-take-greenland-the-hard-way-citing-arctic-strategy-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T08:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:45:45","slug":"trump-threatens-to-take-greenland-the-hard-way-citing-arctic-strategy-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-threatens-to-take-greenland-the-hard-way-citing-arctic-strategy-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens to take Greenland \u2018the hard way\u2019, citing Arctic strategy – Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Danish PM warns US armed action in Greenland could destabilise NATO and threaten Arctic security cooperation.<\/em>
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United States President Donald Trump has threatened to \u201ctake\u201d Greenland, whether the self-governing territory of Denmark \u201clikes it or not\u201d, saying it is strategically important in the Arctic region.
On Friday, Trump said the US needed to take over Greenland to prevent Russia or China from occupying it, and accused the Danish authorities of failing to adequately secure the waters around Greenland \u2013 a claim rejected by local politicians.
\u201cWe are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not. Because if we don\u2019t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we\u2019re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbour,\u201d Trump told reporters at the White House while meeting with oil company executives.
\u201cWe don\u2019t want Russia or China going to Greenland, which \u2013 if we don\u2019t take Greenland \u2013 you\u2019re going to have Russia or China as your next-door neighbour. That\u2019s not going to happen,\u201d he said. \u201cI would like to make a deal, you know, the easy way. But if we don\u2019t do it the easy way, we\u2019re going to do it the hard way.\u201d
Recent US attacks on Venezuela and the abduction<\/a> of the South American country\u2019s president, Nicolas Maduro, have spurred heightened concerns around what Trump may be planning for Greenland.
Greenland\u2019s foreign minister said earlier Friday that the Greenlandic government should \u201ctake the lead\u201d in planned talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the United States continues to threaten<\/a> to take over the autonomous Danish territory.
\u201cWhen it comes to Greenland, it should be Greenland that takes the lead and speaks with the United States,\u201d Vivian Motzfeldt said, according to Danish broadcaster DR.
She said the Greenlandic<\/a> government should be able to engage in dialogue with other countries independently of Denmark.
\u201cWhat would be wrong with us holding meetings with the United States on our own? I assume that we [Denmark and Greenland] share certain common values and policies that both countries stand by,\u201d Motzfeldt said.
Asked if she would prefer to hold next week\u2019s meeting with Rubio without her Danish counterpart, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Motzfeldt refused to comment and stressed that the talks will be held jointly.
\u201cGreenland has been working toward statehood, which would require us to conduct our own foreign policy. But we are not there yet. Until then, we have certain laws and frameworks that we must follow,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Rubio held talks with NATO chief Mark Rutte on Friday as the transatlantic military alliance has sought to deflect Washington\u2019s interest in Greenland by emphasising efforts to boost security in the Arctic.
A NATO spokesperson said Rutte spoke with Rubio \u201con the importance of the Arctic to our shared security and how NATO is working to enhance our capabilities in the High North\u201d.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that an armed US attack<\/a> to take Greenland could spell the end for NATO.<\/p>\n

But the head of NATO\u2019s forces in Europe, US General Alexus Grynkewich, said earlier in the day that the alliance was far from being in \u201ca crisis\u201d.
\u201cThere\u2019s been no impact on my work at the military level up to this point \u2026 I would just say that we\u2019re ready to defend every inch of alliance territory still today,\u201d Grynkewich told reporters during a visit to Finland.
\u201cSo I see us as far from being in a crisis right now,\u201d he added.
Motzfeldt, Greenland\u2019s foreign minister, also said she had \u201cgood expectations\u201d for the upcoming meeting with Rubio but underlined that it is \u201ctoo early to say how it will end\u201d.
\u201cFrom our side, it is clear that Greenland needs the United States, and the United States needs Greenland. That responsibility must be taken seriously,\u201d she said, reiterating the need for a return to a trust-based relationship with Washington.<\/p>\n

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