European leaders are closing ranks with Denmark after former U.S. President Donald Trump revived controversial claims about acquiring Greenland this week, calling it a "critical" Arctic defense asset. The 2026 geopolitical flashpoint has sparked fresh debates about sovereignty and NATO unity.
💬 "We do need Greenland, absolutely," Trump told The Atlantic, reigniting a dispute first sparked during his presidency. Danish PM Mette Frederiksen fired back: "The U.S. has no right to annex Greenland – these threats must stop."
🇳🇴🇫🇮🇸🇪 Nordic leaders led the charge, with Norway’s FM declaring "sovereignty must be respected" while Sweden and Finland affirmed Greenland’s status as a Danish autonomous territory. The EU later joined the chorus, with Italy’s FM urging Brussels to "guarantee Greenland’s independence."
⚔️ Frederiksen dropped a NATO bombshell on Monday: "If the U.S. attacks a NATO ally, everything stops." German officials countered that Greenland would technically fall under NATO’s defense umbrella as part of Denmark – setting up a potential constitutional crisis.
🌐 From Paris to Vienna, diplomats flooded social media with #SovereigntyMatters hashtags. Austrian FM Beate Meinl-Reisinger tweeted: "Annexation fantasies? Not in 2026." Meanwhile, climate scientists warn the Arctic’s melting ice is making Greenland increasingly strategic.
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