Threat to deploy European TROOPS to Greenland & Danes announce $2b military boost…as EU says ‘NO negotiating’ with Trump
Threat to deploy European TROOPS to Greenland & Danes announce $2b military boost…as EU says ‘NO negotiating’ with Trump
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EU politicians have threatened to deploy European troops to Greenland and refused to negotiate with Trump over his plans to buy the island. Denmark has announced a multi-billion dollar boost to its armed forces in the Arctic after Trump doubled-down on his intention to take the landmass.
![[Danish soldiers participating in NATO exercise Hedgehog near the Estonian-Latvian border.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/trump-take-greenland-24-hours-962804141_ca90a0.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief, said the bloc was "not negotiating" with the American President, who has said he needs Greenland for security purposes. She added: "Of course we are supporting our member state, Denmark, and its autonomous region, Greenland, but we shouldn't also go into speculation about what-ifs because this is not the situation right now.".
![[Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaking to the media.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-berlin-germany-two-meeting-967268041.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The Estonian diplomat struck back after Trump repeated his vow that Greenland would fall under American control. The US President said on Saturday: "I think the people [of Greenland] want to be with us. "I don't really know what claim Denmark has to it, but it would be a very unfriendly act if they didn't allow that to happen because it's for the protection of the free world.
![[Donald Trump at a CNN presidential debate.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-atlanta-georgia-former-president-919236060_33699f.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"I think Greenland we'll get because it has to do with freedom of the world.". In response to Trump's renewed warnings that the US will acquire Greenland, Denmark announced on Monday it would splurge over $2billion bolstering its military force in the Arctic.
![[Map of Arctic trade routes highlighting Greenland's strategic location.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TB_ARCTIC_TRADE_0847da.png?strip=all&w=707)
The nation's Ministry of Defence said the package aims to “improve capabilities for surveillance and maintaining sovereignty in the region". The investment will fund three new Arctic naval vessels, two drones with long-range surveillance capabilities and more Arctic basic military training.
![[Donald Trump Jr.'s plane at an airport in Greenland.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-donald-trump-jr-private-962493463.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
