"As 2025 drew to a close, Mette Frederiksen, 48, was facing a rough period. Her party, the Social Democrats, had just suffered a painful defeat in the municipal elections. For the first time in more than a century, they had lost the Copenhagen mayoralty. The Danish prime minister's government a coalition with centrist and centerright parties looked like a funeral procession on its way to its own political burial, a commentator on the TV2 network said."
"But then Greenland entered the picture, and everything changed. In early January, U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up the pressure to take control of this autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. Trump even floated the military option to force the hand of his NATO ally. A few days later, he backed down, though without abandoning his desire to acquire the Arctic island. This crisis which in Copenhagen and in Nuuk, Greenland's capital, is seen as far from resolved marks the end of an era."
Mette Frederiksen faced a rough political period at the end of 2025 after the Social Democrats lost municipal elections and the Copenhagen mayoralty for the first time in over a century. She offered a mea culpa in a New Year's address, admitting failures on listening, food prices, inequality and children's well‑being. In early January, U.S. President Donald Trump escalated pressure to acquire Greenland, even suggesting a military option, then backed down while still expressing desire to acquire the island. The crisis is seen in Copenhagen and Nuuk as unresolved, prompted Frederiksen to declare the post‑World War II order over, and gave her a political boost across Europe.
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