According to senior European officials, Donald Trump made a severe phone call with Denmark’s Prime Minister Matt Frederickson on the demand for buying Greenland.
Addressing The Financial Times, officials said that Trump, who was also elected president, spoke to Frederickson for 45 minutes last week, during which he aggressive and confrontation about Frederickson’s refusal to sell green land to the United States. The victim was reported.
The Financial Times reports that according to five current and former senior European officials who were briefed on the call, the conversation was “terrible”. One person said: “He was very strong. It was a cool shower. Before that, it was difficult to take seriously. But I think it’s serious and potentially very dangerous.
Another person who was briefed on the call told outlets: “The intention was very clear. They want it. The Danes are now in a crisis mode. Someone else said:” Danes are absolutely disgusted with it. “
According to a former Danish official, the call was a “very tough conversation” in which Trump threatened “specific measures against Denmark, such as targeted tariff”.
Trump has earlier said that the United States needs to control Greenland and has refused to reject the use of US military force to occupy the region. During a press conference a few weeks ago, Trump said that the United States needed “Greenland for economic security”. 836,300 square miles (2,166,007-SQ-KM) are rich in various raw materials for the Arctic Island oil and gas as well as green technology.
Speaking to TV 2 earlier this month, Frederickson said that the sovereign area is “not for sale”, adding: “Looking at the eyes of the Danish government, the Greenland is the Green Landers. “
In 1953, Greenland became part of the Denmark kingdom and the Home Raj was introduced in 1979. Despite Denmark’s control over Greenland’s foreign and security policy, Greenland has its own parliament.
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During his New Year’s speech, Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede said he wanted the Greenland to be free from the “colonial system”. Then, after a visit to Donald Trump Jr. earlier this year, Ajid said: “We are Green Landers. We do not want to be American. We do not want to be a Danish. Greenland’s future will decide Greenland.
