Denmark PM urges Trump to stop threats to take over Greenland


Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen delivers New Year's speech at Marienborg in Kongens Lyngby, Thursday, January 1, 2026. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS

COPENHAGEN, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The leaders of ‌Denmark and Greenland on Sunday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to stop threatening ‌to take over Greenland, after he reiterated his wish to do so ‌in an interview with The Atlantic magazine.

"It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the U.S. needing to take over Greenland. The U.S. has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Danish Kingdom," ‍Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement on ‍Sunday.

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