Denmark was nervous about U.S. intentions towards Greenland even earlier than Donald Trump despatched his troops and bombers into Venezuela this month, however now the Danes are actually alarmed — and so they need to be. Even when its huge island territory isn’t the subsequent merchandise on the U.S. president’s acquisition record (which absolutely options Colombia), he appears decided to take it earlier than leaving workplace.
The explanations for Denmark’s concern transcend even Trump’s repeated calls for handy the island over, made all of the extra actual simply earlier than Christmas by the appointment of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as his particular envoy for making it occur. The message wasn’t delicate: Louisiana gave its title to an enormous U.S. buy of territory from France in 1803, and Landry said clearly that he had volunteered “to make Greenland a part of america.”
The issue for Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is similar as for Europe writ giant: They’ve few playing cards to play on this planet of might-makes-right that Trump is ushering in. They constructed their complete financial and safety postures across the guidelines and alliance-based order that the U.S. created for its associates after World Warfare II. Now they’re too depending on U.S. arms to withstand as he tears it down, with a robust help from the likes of Vladimir Putin.
