Denmark is preparing for the unthinkable: In Greenland, there's nothing to bomb'

"It wasn't necessary for Donald Trump and his entourage to threaten as they did in the following hours to invade Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. The U.S. president has been talking for a year about his intention to seize, by hook or by crook, the giant island in the northern part of the Western Hemisphere, and the Venezuelan precedent ignited Copenhagen's worst fears."

"My first thought was Greenland, said Mads Clausager, a 67-year-old Dane, on Tuesday night in a bar in the lively Vesterbo neighborhood. He grew up in a world of prosperity and peace where everything seemed destined to improve, and like so many of his fellow citizens, he was stunned and somewhat uneasy. I thought about the Greenlandic prime minister, what he was doing, and where he was."

A reported U.S. operation in Venezuela to capture President Nicolás Maduro sparked Danish fears of similar action against Greenland. President Trump has publicly suggested seizing Greenland and intensified threats have made annexation seem plausible to many Danes. Denmark remains a loyal U.S. ally, but Jens-Frederik Nielsen, a Greenlander, demanded an end to pressure, saying, 'No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies.' Copenhagen is seeking dialogue with pragmatists in the U.S. administration; Marco Rubio agreed to meet. Danish officials are drafting scenarios and counter-offers to appease Washington and prevent U.S. occupation of Nuuk.

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