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Copenhagen, Denmark — Denmark's overseas curate had the apical U.S. diplomat successful the state summoned for talks aft the main nationalist national broadcaster reported Wednesday that astatine slightest 3 radical with connections to President Trump person been carrying retired covert power operations successful Greenland.
Greenland, a immense semi-autonomous Danish territory successful the Arctic, is coveted by Mr. Trump, who has called repeatedly for the immense onshore wide to beryllium annexed by the United States. Denmark and Greenland importune that the mineral-rich land is not for sale, portion Mr. Trump has not ruled retired taking it by subject unit adjacent though Denmark is simply a NATO ally.
Greenland is located to the northeast of Canada. The Danish territory has its ain elected government. Its determination betwixt the U.S., Russia and Europe makes it strategical for some economical and defence purposes, particularly arsenic melting oversea crystal has opened up caller shipping routes done the Arctic.
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It is besides the determination of the northernmost U.S. subject base.
What does the Danish broadcaster assertion Americans are doing successful Greenland?
On Wednesday, Danish nationalist broadcaster DR reported that authorities and information sources, which it didn't name, arsenic good arsenic unidentified sources successful Greenland and the U.S., judge that astatine slightest 3 Americans with connections to Mr. Trump person been carrying retired covert power operations successful the territory.
It said its communicative was based connected accusation from a full of 8 sources, who judge the extremity is to weaken relations with Denmark from wrong Greenlandic society.
DR said it had been incapable to clarify whether the Americans were moving astatine their ain inaugural oregon connected orders from idiosyncratic else.
The web said it sources believed 1 of the Americans has been compiling lists of Greenlandic citizens for and against Mr. Trump's overtures, successful a bid to physique a database of citizens connected the land who could perchance beryllium recruited for a Greenlandic secession movement.
The different Americans, according to DR, "have tried to cultivate contacts with politicians, businesspeople and citizens, and the sources' interest is that these contacts could secretly beryllium utilized to enactment Donald Trump's tendency to instrumentality implicit Greenland."
Reactions to the Danish tv report
Responding to DR's reporting, Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said successful a connection sent to French quality bureau AFP that the ministry was "aware that overseas actors proceed to amusement an involvement successful Greenland and its presumption successful the Kingdom of Denmark. It is truthful not astonishing if we acquisition extracurricular attempts to power the aboriginal of the Kingdom successful the clip ahead."
"Any effort to interfere successful the interior affairs of the kingdom volition of people beryllium unacceptable," helium said, confirming that helium had "asked the ministry of overseas affairs to summon the U.S. complaint d'affaires for a gathering astatine the ministry."
A protester holds a placard saying "USA IS A BAD ALLY" during a objection against American unit being exerted connected Greenland and Denmark, connected March 29, 2025 successful beforehand of the U.S. Embassy successful Copenhagen.
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Charge d'affaires Mark Stroh is presently the astir elder U.S. diplomat successful Greenland.
CBS News has sought remark from the U.S. embassy successful Denmark astir the DR report.
Mr. Trump has repeatedly claimed the U.S. needs Greenland for nationalist information purposes.
"I'm talking astir protecting the escaped world," helium said successful aboriginal January. "You look astatine — you don't adjacent request binoculars — you look outside. You person China ships each implicit the place. You person Russian ships each implicit the place. We're not letting that happen. We're not letting it happen."
In May, Denmark's person publically condemned reports that the U.S. was gathering quality successful Greenland.
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