Operation Greenland seems to be ‘on’.
These last days, the US territorial ambitions regarding the island of Greenland have resurfaced in the headlines, as the consequences of the brutal treatment by Denmark of the indigenous Inuit populations are also propelled back to the news.
Today (27), the main Danish national broadcaster reported that ‘at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump’ have been carrying out what they called ‘covert influence operations’ in Greenland.
This led Copenhagen to summon the U.S. ambassador to the country for talks.
Associated Press reported:
“Public broadcaster DR said Danish government and security sources which it didn’t name, as well as unidentified sources in Greenland and the U.S., believe that at least three American nationals with connections to Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in the territory.
One of those people allegedly compiled a list of U.S.-friendly Greenlanders, collected names of people opposed to Trump and got locals to point out cases that could be used to cast Denmark in a bad light in American media. Two others have tried to nurture contacts with politicians, businesspeople and locals, according to the report.”
AP’s report reminds readers that Trump ‘has not ruled out military force to take control of the mineral-rich, strategically located Arctic island’.
NATO-member Denmark insist that the island ‘is not for sale’.
“DR said its story was based on information from a total of eight sources, who believe the goal is to weaken relations with Denmark from within Greenlandic society. It said it had been unable to clarify whether the Americans were working at their own initiative or on orders from someone else. It said it knows their names but chose not to publish them in order to protect its sources. The Associated Press could not independently confirm the report.
‘We are aware that foreign actors continue to show an interest in Greenland and its position in the Kingdom of Denmark’, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in a statement. ‘It is therefore not surprising if we experience outside attempts to influence the future of the Kingdom in the time ahead. “Any attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of the Kingdom will of course be unacceptable. In that light, I have asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to summon the U.S. chargé d’affaires for a meeting at the Ministry’.”
In the meantime, Denmark was forced to publicly apologize today (27) to Greenlandic women victims of a decades-long ‘involuntary birth control campaign’ (a.k.a. ‘forced sterilization’), as Copenhagen tries to repair frayed relations with the islanders and ward off US interest in taking control of it.
Reuters reported:
“The birth control campaign came to light in 2022 when records showed that thousands of women and girls as young as 13 had been fitted with intrauterine devices without their knowledge or consent between 1966 and 1991, the year Greenland was given authority over its healthcare system.
‘We cannot change what has happened. But we can take responsibility. Therefore, on behalf of Denmark, I would like to say: Sorry’, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said.
The case is one of several that have emerged in recent years of allegations of misconduct by Danish authorities against the people of Greenland, now a semi-autonomous Danish territory.”
The US Donald J. Trump’s administration has often mentioned the ‘historic mistreatment’ of Greenland’s residents under Danish rule.
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