Trump's US Threat to Greenland (which belongs to Denmark)

[Norman Alexander]

Skål, din orange abe!

 

[Mojo]

And now we know what was behind the whole Greenland thing.

Trump official said taking Greenland could save endless shrimp at Red Lobster: report

It’s one of the stranger justifications US officials have offered up in their quest to control the Arctic island

www.independent.co.uk

 

[dann]

Leah McElrath on bsky, July 7, 2026
It wasn’t long ago that many thought Trump wasn’t serious about the US taking Greenland. Now he’s threatening to withdraw US troops from Europe over the issue.

Aron Rupar on bsky, July 7, 2026
Trump on Greenland: "That's what hurt my relationship with NATO...it's an important part for the United States. It's surrounded by China ships & Russian ships. Greenland should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark. We could remove all our soldiers out of Europe. They better be careful"

With a video, 1:14 min.

Afsløring: USA holdt Danmark ude af møde med loyale nabolande. "Påfaldende og bekymrende" (Berlingske.dk, July 6, 2026)
USA gik i en bue udenom Danmark, da Pentagon samlede en gruppe "stærke" allierede til forsvarsmøde i Norge. Danmark var det eneste nordiske land, der ikke blev inviteret. Udelukkelsen hænger sammen med Trumps ønske om at overtage Grønland, vurderer en ekspert.

Exposure: The USA kept Denmark out of meeting with loyal neighbors. "Conspicuous and worrying"
The USA bypassed Denmark when the Pentagon gathered a group of "strong" allies for a defense meeting in Norway. Denmark was the only Nordic country not invited. The exclusion is related to Trump's desire to take over Greenland, an expert estimates.

Duh!

 

[dudalb]

God, for the time the only tme I heard about Greenland was that great line in "THe Princess Bride"

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump: "Greenland is very important for the United States, but it's not important for Denmark. In fact, when Denmark was overrun by the Nazis in less than one day -- Hitler beat them out in one day, took over -- they asked us to take care of Greenland. We shouldn't have given it back to them."

video in link

 

[dann]

Trump has PSYCHO MELTDOWN at NATO Press Conference (MeidasTouch on YouTube, July 8, 2026 – 24:20 min.)
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s psychotic meltdown at NATO press conferences this morning with President Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

13:02–> And I want to thank uh Mark. He's been a great secretary general of NATO. I'm not happy with NATO because of what they did with Greenland. And I'm not happy with NATO because of the fact that they didn't want to help us with the number one state sponsor of terror.

20.52–> I mean, just so they understand, Greenland is very important for the United States, but it's not important for Denmark. In fact, when Denmark was overrun by the Nazis in less than one day, Hitler beat them out in one day, took over, they asked us to take care of Greenland. In fact, we took Greenland and then stupidly we gave it back. We shouldn't have given it back to them because we're the ones that need it. We need it for protection of the world, not just the United States. And it's very important. It doesn't help Denmark, but it helps us. And it's very important for us. And again, they were defeated very quickly. Denmark was beaten in one day, less than one day, by the Nazis, by Hitler. And when this happened, they immediately switched it over to us. We owned it. We had it. we were taking care of it and then we gave it back which is I don't know why I wouldn't have I wouldn't have given the Panama Canal back either you know so what do I know I certainly wouldn't have done that because China's trying to take over the Panama Canal and that's not going to happen.

21.54–> Other than that, we're having the big meeting in a little while and I'm going to I'm going to relate my my problems. Greenland is a big problem for us, and the other big problem is the fact that when we wanted them, we didn't want them badly, but we did say if you want to join us, and they all said no. But when they could have, they weren't there for us, and we've been there for them. We spent over a trillion dollars over the last short period of trillion in order to protect these countries from Russia, and has nothing to do do with us. We have an ocean, but it's been a long-term thing, and they haven't treated us right.

The biggest surprise in his confused ramblings is that he admits that he knows that "they all said no."

 

[Jack by the hedge]

"... and then we gave it back which is I don't know why I wouldn't have I wouldn't have given the Panama Canal back either ..."

Of course you wouldn't. But you're the sort of shameless, overentitled kleptomaniac who treats other people's stuff as if it was your own personal property.

 

[dann]

Trump: "Greenland is very important for the United States, but it's not important for Denmark. In fact, when Denmark was overrun by the Nazis in less than one day -- Hitler beat them out in one day, took over -- they asked us to take care of Greenland. We shouldn't have given it back to them."
video in link

Interesting replies to Aaron Rupar's tweet!
I wonder what happened to all the usual MAGA trolls. Has Rupar blocked them all? They usually inundate any tweet criticizing (= telling the truth about) Trump.
I had to look twice to make sure I was on X and not on Bluesky!

 

[dann]

"... and then we gave it back which is I don't know why I wouldn't have I wouldn't have given the Panama Canal back either ..."

Of course you wouldn't. But you're the sort of shameless, overentitled kleptomaniac who treats other people's stuff as if it was your own personal property.

Monty Python:

Radio Voice	I would like to ask the team what they would do if they were Hitler.
Man's Voice	Gerald?
Another Voice	Well, I'd annex the Sudeten Greenland and sign a non-aggression pact with Russia.

 

[dann]

Aaron Rupar on bsky, July 8, 2026
WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte
"You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

With a video, 1:25 min.

Rutte is full of it.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Reporter: Are you going to pull more troops out of Europe?

Trump: I haven’t made that final determination. A lot is going to depend on Greenland. We’re going to make a very good deal on Greenland and if we don’t, maybe I will. A lot depends on Iran

audio in link

 

[dann]

Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire "Over" & Goes No-Contact with Spain (The Daily Show on YouTube, July 9, 2026 – 8:23 min.)
Ronny Chieng dives into Trump's appearance at the NATO summit "love-fest," where he picked new fights with Spain and Denmark, converted Japan into an Islamic Republic, and bemoaned his on-again, off-again ceasefire with Iran.

 

[dann]

Interesting replies to this post on X:

Megatron on X, July 8, 2026
JUST IN: Danish reporter slammed NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte live on camera:
"You sit next to Donald Trump at moments when he talks about conquering Greenland, talks about lashing out at allies like Spain.
Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

The replies are a mix of, on the one hand, people from all over the world, many of them Dutch, condemning Rutte, and on the other hand, MAGA warmongers repeating Trump's talking points.
This is one of the few who refers to actual facts, but ...

meghanmarmples on X, July 8, 2026
A Danish mthfck acting like he cares about Greenland lmao. Where are thr effort to address their rampant suicide rates? Don't act like u care about them

DannSim on X, July 9, 2026
Don't act like you actually care!
And don't pretend that Trump, Vance, Rubio or Hegseth care!
According to Google AI:
"Life expectancy in Greenland is about 72 to 73 years. For Native Americans (American Indians and Alaska Natives), life expectancy is about 65.2 years."

This ought to give Landry an idea where his hospital ship is needed ...

 

[Planigale]

An interesting comparison of the rights of Greenlanders as part of Denmark in comparison to the rights of persons in US territories.

The Shortcomings of Being a “U.S. Territory”

The relationship between the U.S. and its island territories should concern anyone who believes in “consent of the governed” and equality.

www.justsecurity.org

The United States has fallen far short of its founding values of “consent of the governed” and “all created equal” for the 3.6 million residents of U.S. territories – Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. They lack any voting representation in Congress and cannot vote for President. Their Delegates to Congress – currently three Republicans and two Democrats – can introduce legislation, but cannot vote on its final passage. Residents of U.S. territories also participate in the presidential primaries, but then are denied any say in the general election. Despite this fundamental denial of political rights, the federal government claims and regularly exercises near unlimited powers to govern their communities.

This across-the-board disenfranchisement is not necessarily standard practice for territories of other advanced democracies. Residents of Greenland, for example, enjoy self-government and broad autonomy from Denmark, and are fully represented by two members of the Danish Parliament who often play a critical role in forming the coalition government that selects the Danish Prime Minister.

 

[dann]

FURIOUS World Leaders FREEZE OUT Trump after NATO DISASTER!!! (MeidasTouch on YouTube, July 10, 2026 – 17:27 min.)

3:08–> Mette Frederiksen, Danish PM: We are ready to defend every inch of NATO, including our own territory. But
one of the reasons why we have built NATO many many years ago is if anything happens to one of us then everybody should stand up for each other. I mean, article 5 is our insurance. It goes for the eastern flank right now with the hybrid war coming in from Russia. It goes for U.S. when they were attacked on 9/11, and the samegoes for Greenland if anything happens in our direction.
(...)
Of course, we will defend the Kingdom of Denmark.
(...)
Yeah, I heard the U.S. president yesterday and I think the U.S. position is, unfortunately, very clear on this topic. And our position is as clear as it has been all through. Greenland is, of, course not for sale. We hope that all, including all allies, will respect the Greenlandic people's right for self-determination, and we are a sovereign state, and we need everybody to respect our territorial integrity and our sovereignty.

 

[dann]

An interesting comparison of the rights of Greenlanders as part of Denmark in comparison to the rights of persons in US territories.

The Shortcomings of Being a “U.S. Territory”

The relationship between the U.S. and its island territories should concern anyone who believes in “consent of the governed” and equality.

www.justsecurity.org

(...)
Residents of Greenland, for example, enjoy self-government and broad autonomy from Denmark, and are fully represented by two members of the Danish Parliament who often play a critical role in forming the coalition government that selects the Danish Prime Minister.

The Faroe Islanders, too:

Faroe Islands: Government and politics (Wikipedia)
The Faroe Islands are a self-governing country under the external sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark. (...) Elections are held at municipal and national levels, additionally electing two members (North Atlantic mandates) to the Folketing.

Former Trump Official Says Trump Wanted to Trade ‘Dirty’ and ‘Poor’ Puerto Rico For Greenland (Mediate on YouTube, Aug 19, 2020 – 1:39 min.)
Former senior Trump administration official Miles Taylor, who now endorses Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, told MSNBC anchor Hallie Jackson that President Donald Trump wanted to trade “dirty” Puerto Rico for Greenland.

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

The Faroe Islanders, too:

I guess this is still relevant but note it's from "5 years ago".

 

[PitPat]

I guess this is still relevant but note it's from "5 years ago".

Oh yeah, speaking of Greenland, how is that 51st state thing going? Settling in okay?

 

[dann]

I guess this is still relevant but note it's from "5 years ago".

I typed and posted the date, Aug 19, 2020, so I was aware of it.
I don't think Trump's attitude to Greenland and Puerto Rico has changed, but I haven't heard him mention the latter recently.
Back then, it also wasn't something he said in public. I don't know if Tony Hinchcliffe knew about it before he made the embarrassing 'joke'.

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

Oh yeah, speaking of Greenland, how is that 51st state thing going? Settling in okay?

Eh? You have not seen the documentary? Here's the trailer:


AKA, "Many a true word is spoken in jest".