Denmark sent Trump team private messages on Greenland, Axios reports

[Jose Garcia]

Source: Reuters

Jan 11 (Reuters) - Denmark sent private messages to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's team expressing willingness to discuss boosting security in Greenland or increasing the U.S. military presence there without claiming the island, Axios reported on Saturday, citing two sources.

Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, has described U.S. control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, as an "absolute necessity". He did not dismiss the potential use of military or economic means, including tariffs against Denmark.

Axios said that the Danish government wanted to convince Trump that his security concerns could be addressed without claiming Greenland.

A spokesperson for the Trump transition team did not respond to a request for comment on the Axios report.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/denmark-sent-trump-team-private-messages-greenland-axios-reports-2025-01-11/?utm_campaign=trueanthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=threads

[Dan]

1. Denmark - note for Denmark

The more you legitimize Trump, the more insane he becomes.

Donald is a bully at heart, he wants to beat down weaker opponents but he doesn’t want to fight. Unless of course, someone else does the fighting for him so he can claim that it had nothing to do with him.

[4catsmom]

21. so true

Do not bend one bit to his hyperbole. The world needs to remember this

[Irish_Dem]

2. Everyone is scared shitless of Trump.

Trump loves it.

[truthisfreedom]

4. Actually, they're not.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9gvg3452o

[Irish_Dem]

5. Sure. Behind the scenes we find some of them sending envoys to MAL to kiss the ring.

When push comes to shove, Europe will fold like a cheap lawn chair.
Just like the US government did.

[Magoo48]

19. I've been baffled by this fear of Sir orange for a decade now.

He is one of the least scary individuals I’ve ever seen.

[Irish_Dem]

20. He is a ruthless vicious psychopath.

Career criminal who destroys everything the touches.

[Vinca]

3. Trump doesn't care about security, he wants the minerals.

[Walleye]

6. My thoughts, exactly

[Crowman2009]

7. Actually his puppeteer Elon wants the minerals.

Trump is the one with the first jammed up his...well you know.

[reACTIONary]

11. I don't think it has anything to do with minerals. The concern is the....

.... Northwest Passage. With global warming, the Northwest Passage will open up and become a viable transportation and navel route / region. Canada and Greenland and Russia are positioned to benefit. Russia would be particularly aggressive.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Trump will be dead before that happens

[reACTIONary]

17. The sooner the better 🤣

🤣

[Vinca]

16. Except Dear Leader doesn't believe in global warming and this is way too much for him to understand anyway.

[reACTIONary]

18. This is like the Space Force....

.... He thinks he thought up the Space Force and thinks he named it. He double didn't. The Space Force was a policy objective long before tsf.

The emergence of the North West passage has been a foreign affairs and great powers policy concern for a long time. It's been packaged up for him as an opportunity to play Putin.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

8. First step.

[yaesu]

9. Did that message leave any lipstick marks on tRumps ass? nt

[Baron2024]

10. The Stupidity Of Trump

The stupidity of Trump is astonishing. These people are our allies- Denmark, Europe, Canada, Mexico. We are a Western Democracy allied with other democracies around the globe. Trump is a Fascist and opposed to real democracy where the people are in charge.

So now I guess everything is upside down. Democracies are our rivals or even enemies and authoritarian countries like Putin's Russia or Xi's China are now our friends? Trump is a colossal idiot. I have hated his guts since that stupid reality show The Apprentice. His "management style" is basically stupid bully. Fake businessman, worst President in US history.

[Skittles]

12. he's not just an idiot

he is a USEFUL IDIOT - you know Putin and Xi are creaming themselves over Trump

[Puppyjive]

13. You can't go after a NATO country

Trump is an idiot.

[LudwigPastorius]

14. I hope those private messages started with "Fuck" and ended with "you".