US Senators in Copenhagen Reject Greenland Threats, Back NATO Unity | AC1G
A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators led by Chris Coons and Lisa Murkowski held a press conference in Copenhagen, reaffirming support for Denmark, NATO, and Greenland’s right to self-determination amid President Donald Trump’s renewed takeover threats. Lawmakers stressed unity, dialogue, and respect for sovereignty. For more details, watch our story and subscribe to our channel, DRM News. A delegation of U.S. senators is speaking to the media in Copenhagen ahead of meetings with Danish lawmakers, following President Donald Trump’s recent remarks and renewed attention on Greenland. The visit focuses on diplomacy, security cooperation and U.S.-Danish relations amid heightened political sensitivity surrounding the Arctic region. For more details, watch our story and subscribe to our channel, DRM News. US Senators in Copenhagen Reject Trump’s Greenland Threats, Back NATO Unity “Greenland Decides Its Own Future …More
Says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation sought to lower tensions in the Danish capital.
Trump for months has insisted that the U.S. should control Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark, and said earlier this week that anything less than the Arctic island being in U.S. hands would be “unacceptable.”
During an unrelated event at the White House about rural health care, he recounted Friday how he had threatened European allies with tariffs on pharmaceuticals.
“I may do that for Greenland too,” Trump said. “I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security. So I may do that,” he said.
He had not previously mentioned using tariffs to try to force the issue.
Earlier this week, the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met in Washington this week with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
That encounter didn’t resolve the deep differences, but did produce an agreement to set up a working group — on whose purpose Denmark and the White House then offered sharply diverging public views.
European leaders have insisted that is only for Denmark and Greenland to decide on matters concerning the territory, and Denmark said this week that it was increasing its military presence in Greenland in cooperation with allies.
A relationship that ‘we need to nurture’
In Copenhagen, a group of senators and members of the House of Representatives met Friday with Danish and Greenlandic lawmakers, and with leaders including Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
Delegation leader Sen. Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat, thanked the group’s hosts for “225 years of being a good and trusted ally and partner” and said that “we had a strong and robust dialog about how we extend that into the future.”
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, said after meeting lawmakers that the visit reflected a strong relationship over decades and “it is one that we need to nurture.” She told reporters that “Greenland needs to be viewed as our ally, not as an asset, and I think that’s what you’re hearing with this delegation.”
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