Backing on the Greenland question

Denmark's head of government Frederiksen tours from Berlin via Paris to Brussels – and shows how Ernst she takes Trump's threats to Greenland. The message is clear: Denmark has behind Europe.

Berlin early Tuesday morning: The Danish head of government Mette Frederiksen rises from a helicopter and is determined by Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The two shak their hand. Then stand up for the photographers.

They are pictures of which Frederiksen hopes that they will go around the world and arrive on the other side of the Atlantic: more precisely at Donald Trump.

Because he has just threatened Denmark again: only the United States could preserve the free world, and they would need to do this. On board the Air Force One, the US President told journalists on Saturday that he did not know exactly what Denmark is entitled to Greenland. However, it would be “very unfriendly” from the Danes if they did not let the USA do.

Denmark has behind Europe, according to the message

This is exactly what Fredersen does not plan to do. That is also why she went on a small European tour. In a short joint press statement with Scholz, the Danish Greenland did not address directly. But the message to Trump is clear: Denmark has behind Europe.

And it should remind the US president of how diplomacy works. “Our continent is based on the idea that cooperation and not confrontation lead to peace,” said Frederiksen in Berlin, before continuing to appointments with France's President Emmanuel Macron and NATO boss Mark Rutte.

Denmark wants to prepare himself

Frederiksen's flash visits testify to how Ernst Denmark Trump's advances. In the Scandinavian country, the fear of which the US President could be capable of.

His interest in Greenland is not new. Trump had already formulated similar ownership claims in 2019. But this time, the Danes believe, in contrast to the back then, it should not only be empty threats. Frederiksen and her government Trump Trump – and try to prepare themselves.

“Trump give a feeling of victory”

Among other things, the Danes want to strengthen their presence on the arctic island. The country wants to invest the land in three new ships and long -distance roar to monitor the region in the equivalent of almost two billion euros. Increased satellite capacities are also part of the agreement.

However, there is another intention behind it, Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen from the Danish Defense Academy told the Danish radio. “Denmark wants to give Donald Trump a feeling of victory,” said the expert. “By investing more in the military capacities in Greenland, you hope that Trump will take this as an opportunity to say: Look what I got out of this whole Greenland story.”

Trump had previously made fun of the Danish military presence in the Arctic. How much the investments that have been planned for a long time – observers are still unsure. The backing from abroad seems all the more important for the Danes.

“Conscious of the small size”

With Frederiksens short trips to Berlin, Paris and Brussels, it is precisely about securing European support in the event that Trump makes his threats true and uses Denmark in relation to Greenland, “said the EU correspondent of the Danish broadcast,” said Ole Ryborg.

With NATO boss Rutte, Frederiksen could work on a stronger focus of the alliance for the security of the Arctic. “Because if NATO guarantees it, the problem no longer exists that Trump specifies,” said Ryborg.

The threatening gestures from the mighty USA ensure that Denmark suddenly becomes aware of his own small size. “Denmark is such a small country. If the Americans want to roll it over, that's not a problem, it is easy for her,” says the EU correspondent.

With EU and NATO in the back, however, Denmark is stronger. Their support for Trump is therefore crucial for the small kingdom.