Trump Again Claims Taking Over Greenland; Danish PM Calls It A Decisive Moment

United States President Donald Trump has reiterated his plans for Greenland and called for the Danish Arctic territory to “make a deal,” and said that the US is talking about acquiring it, not making a short-term deal. Trump told reporters on board Air Force One late on Sunday.

Donald Trump repeated his previous claims that China and Russia had deployed ‘destroyers and submarines all over the place’ in the water around Greenland. The territory’s defence force, he said, was made up of ‘two dogsleds’.

Trump had earlier claimed to US annexation of Greenland is necessary for its self-defence, and said that China and Russia will take Greenland if Washington does not.

Following the Trump threats, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said that her country faces a decisive moment over the future of Greenland after United States President Donald Trump renewed his threats to seize the Arctic territory by force. While speaking ahead of her meeting in Washington, DC, she said, “There is a conflict over Greenland.”

“This is a decisive moment,” with stakes that go beyond the immediate issue of Greenland’s future, Frederiksen said in a debate with other Danish political leaders.

Germany and Sweden backed Denmark against Trump’s latest claims to the self-governing Danish territory.