Translation:
Prime Minister: The Americans are still our most important ally
Despite the current drama between the USA, Denmark and Greenland, the Americans are still the Danes’ most important ally.
This is what Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) says.
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Yes, I think so of course, all the while that it was the Americans who saved Europe in the 40s and ended World War II, and because the USA and Europe, together with Canada, have jointly built the strongest defense alliance the world has ever seen, says the Prime Minister.
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It is still NATO, by the way, but there is a conflict over Greenland, unfortunately. It is not only Denmark and Greenland that believe that there is a conflict that is serious for Europe and the USA. We have received massive support from the major countries in NATO.
To be fair, Denmark wants to prevent an armed conflict and trying to keep the American public in their corner is certainly a reasonable strategy.
I don’t think that at this point the American public opinion of what is going on, really matters, besides internal politics within the USA. From the outside, it’s a much larger problem than Trump, the current administration or even the American democracy. It’s a sudden and unexpected loss of trust from an ally that used to be more or less confident.The risk of this happening again, in any way possible and impossible, has lowered its trustworthiness and it will take many generations of active work to change this
It absolutely matters beyond just internal politics. If you had asked me on December 31st, 2025 if I thought there was a credible threat of the US invading Greenland, I would have said, “Not likely” and just cracked it up to Trump’s usual bullshit attempts to distract from his legal issues and failing domestic agenda. And then the US very brazenly waltzed into Venezuela and deposed Maduro.
Now, I think the threats against Greenland, and by extension Denmark, are serious. Public opinion won’t necessarily stop Trump from invading Greenland. But, moralle does matter when it comes to the success of an armed conflict. Just ask Russia how their “Three day special military operation” in Ukraine is working out.
If I’m in Danish leadership and I’m now facing a credible threat to the lives of 5+ million people, I’m going to say whatever I have to say to try to prevent all out war. Trying to hammer the notion into the minds of the American public that their government is threatening a good friend and ally, rather than a belligerent enemy, is a completely reasonable approach. Especially considering the US’s vastly superior firepower.
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. I hope they are actively preparing for the worst. I also hope it doesn’t come to that.
This might have been the case some decades ago but I don’t see approval rates having had any effect on ICE, DOGE, Epstein files etc.
One craziness after the other goes through without consideration
The american public are already in their corner. Weve been waiting for all of you to sanction us and kick us out of your territory but it seems your all going to wait untik there are troops being deployed before you wake up. Seems to be what happened in WW2 also. So u guess no shock there
Sanctions and kicking troops out would all but guarantee a US intervention, especially because we respect the 1951 agreement which means the US has a direct right to build and maintain bases on Greenland and have done so for 75 years. We’re trying to respect international law, not undermine it.
If you think the EU or Denmark sanctioning or taking aggressive action against the US does anything but bring misery to ourselves you’re politically naive. It’d be the exact pretext the hawks surrounding the president needs.
Now, if anything does happen re Greenland I expect we’ll start selling off US bonds, as would many other countries. That usually has Trump backing down pretty quickly as interest rates rise.
That said, Greenland is a semi-sovereign nation within the Danish commonwealth, so they can choose to accept a US deal offering them e.g. a free association agreement or something like that, but most recent polls show 85% of Greenlanders are against a deal with the US.