TRUMP GO HOME

Denmark and Greenland's strategy against the aggressive interest of United States President Donald Trump in seizing the vast Arctic island, an autonomous territory of the Danish kingdom, combines firmness and unity in public statements with a willingness to cooperate more on defense and security, including recourse to NATO, in an attempt to temper his ambitions by dismantling his arguments. The effort also includes demonstrating that some of his claims are essentially inaccurate.

Trump wants Greenland "one way or another"—as he said last week—invoking, as he has been doing for some time, national security imperatives and alleged infestations of Russian and Chinese ships in the island's waters, with accusations that Denmark cannot ensure its defense.