The US president earlier appointed a special envoy, insisting Washington “needs” the island for “national security”
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has delivered a defiant speech, promising to resist renewed pressure from the United States to acquire Greenland. King Frederik X echoed the sentiment in his own New Year’s Eve address.
The statements come weeks after President Donald Trump appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as a special envoy to Greenland – an island under Danish sovereignty that the American leader previously suggested should become part of the United States.
Speaking from her official residence on Thursday…
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