01/06/2026
Kudos to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen for standing up against Trump's unhinged threats against Greenland this week! Desperate to deflect Americans' attention from the lowest first-year approval rating of any president in 50 years, skyrocketing healthcare and food costs, and the Epstein files scandal, Trump has threatened five more countries in just the two days following his attack on Venezuela.
He continued leveling threats to annex Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, claiming that the U.S. needs Greenland for "national security" -- as if invoking those words could justify seizing territory from a fellow democracy and NATO ally. Right-wing provocateur Katie Miller, the wife of Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, made the threat even more explicit by posting a map of Greenland covered by an American flag with a single menacing word: "SOON."
Prime Minister Frederiksen refused to be cowed, releasing the following statement yesterday:
"I have to say this very directly to the United States:
It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the US to take over Greenland. The United States has no right to annex one of the three countries in the Danish Realm.
The Kingdom of Denmark - and therefore Greenland - is a part of NATO and is covered by the alliance's security guarantee. We already have a defense agreement today between the Kingdom and the United States, which gives the United States wide access to Greenland. And we from the Kingdom have invested significantly in the security of the Arctic.
I would, therefore, strongly urge the United States to cease its threats against a historically close ally and to another country and another people, who have very clearly stated that they are not for sale."
In an interview today, Frederiksen reiterated that she takes Trump's threats seriously, calling them "unacceptable pressure." She went on to warn of the dangerous implications for global peace and security if the U.S. were to seize the territory of an allied nation: "If the United States were to choose to attack another NATO country, then everything would come to an end. The international community as we know it, democratic rules of the game, NATO, the world's strongest defensive alliance — all of that would collapse if one NATO country chose to attack another."
Thank you to Prime Minister Frederiksen for her strong stance in the face of such deranged belligerence. Sane Americans stand united with our long-term European allies against these dangerous provocations. It is long past time for Congress to fulfill its constitutional duty and rein in a president who treats allies like enemies and diplomacy like a mob shakedown.
Prime Minister Frederiksen has done her part. Now it's time for Americans to do ours. Contact your members of Congress and demand they act before Trump destroys alliances that took generations to build: https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
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To read more about Trump's threats toward Greenland and PM Frederiksen's response, visit https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/world/europe/trump-greenland-denmark.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVA.gfsj.WshS0e_W5hx7&smid=url-share
Thanks to Financial Times for sharing this image!
