Danish authorities summoned the US charge d'affaires after intelligence indicated at least three Americans with links to Donald Trump conducted covert operations to encourage Greenland to secede from Denmark and join the United States. The alleged activities included compiling lists of Greenlanders who support Trump and gathering information on tensions between Denmark and Greenland. Greenland is the world's largest island, located between the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans and geographically part of North America. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called interference in the kingdom's internal affairs and Greenlandic democracy unacceptable. Danish officials said they were aware of foreign actors interested in Greenland's status.
Denmark's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday summoned a top United States diplomat in the country to discuss intelligence reports that US citizens have secretly tried to influence people in Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, to oppose Danish rule. Here is what Denmark has accused the US of doing and why Trump has ambitions to acquire Greenland.
Denmark summoned Mark Stroh, the US charge d'affaires in Denmark, after the Danish public broadcaster, DR, reported on Wednesday that at least three Americans with links to Trump had been carrying out covert operations that sought to encourage Greenland to break away from Denmark and instead join the US. DR cited unnamed sources. Greenland, which is situated between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, is the world's largest island and is geographically part of North America.
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