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.”
“She can leave anytime she wants but she knows what will happen if she does”
Real abusive husband vibes there. Obviously the US should not attempt to take over any part of Greenland but the argument you’re making sounds more like a hostage situation than anything else.
This is more like a teen who is working towards independence. You may just be a troll, but I will elaborate a tiny bit. Surely you understand a country needs infrastructure, trade relationships and something to trade, and enough population, structure and industry to support these endeavors. Greenland is still developing these necessities. Like a parent Denmark is supporting and protecting teen Greenland while this process continues.
They would have more population if Denmark hadn’t practiced eugenics against the native population. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/hundreds-of-greenlandic-women-and-girls-were-forcibly-given-contraception-between-1960-and-1991-report-says
They only stopped giving native women contraceptives against their will…in the 1990s.
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.
There is a difference between geopolitics and abusive partners, what a shocker.
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.
And it’s a really stupid take.
Ok
But in this situation, it would an abusive neighbor (the US) who has threatened to kidnap you if you leave. And police don’t exist, so it would be up to your husband or anyone else to physically come get you back.