Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen demand respect for borders after US appoints Greenland envoy

Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen demand respect for borders after US appoints Greenland envoy

The prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland have demanded respect for their borders after Donald Trump appointed a special envoy to the largely self-governing Danish territory, which he has repeatedly said should be under US control.

“We have said it very clearly before. Now we say it again: you cannot annex other countries,” Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a joint statement on Monday, adding that “fundamental principles” were at stake.

“Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders, and the US should not take over Greenland,” the two leaders said. “We expect respect for our common territorial integrity.”

  • krashmo@lemmy.world
    15·
    1 day ago

    I don’t know enough about the situation to have a real opinion on the matter. All I’m saying is that what I’m hearing as the justification for Denmark keeping control of Greenland sounds just like the logic that many kinds of abusers use to justify their controlling behavior. It’s theoretically possible that it’s 100% true in this case but my previous experience with that kind of language says that is unlikely.

    • MBech@feddit.dk
      4·
      23 hours ago

      There is a difference between geopolitics and abusive partners, what a shocker.

      • krashmo@lemmy.world
        12·
        21 hours ago

        That’s true. Most abusers don’t have millions of people who make excuses for their shitty behavior.

        The funny thing is, if I happened to have made this comparison in reference to the US, Russia, China, or Israel I bet you would be reacting pretty differently right now.