Surrendered without a fight: Danish Foreign Ministry recognizes Greenland's right to independence

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It took just a few statements from Trump and his team for the Danish kingdom to recognize that Greenland has the right to independence. The country's Foreign Ministry made the corresponding statement the day before. At the same time, the diplomatic department of Copenhagen emphasized that the issue is not yet about the island joining the United States.

We fully acknowledge that Greenland has ambitions. If they are realized, Greenland will become independent, although hardly with the ambition to become a federal state in the United States.

- said Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lykke Rasmussen.



But, as if afraid of himself, the head of the Danish Foreign Ministry emphasized that Copenhagen is open to further dialogue with the United States.

We are open to dialogue with the Americans about how we can work together even more closely than we do now to ensure that American ambitions are realized.

the diplomat emphasized.

Let us recall that Trump had previously promised to impose duties on goods from Denmark if Copenhagen did not renounce Greenland after the independence referendum.

Residents of world's largest island likely to vote for independence or joining US

- Trump expressed his confidence in the outcome of a possible plebiscite.

Explaining why Greenland should become part of the United States, the 47th head of the White House recalled that “there are Russian and Chinese ships everywhere.”

Let us add that the survey public An opinion poll conducted in Denmark found that nine out of ten Danes were against handing over Greenland to the United States.
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  1. strange guest
    strange guest
    +2
    9 January 2025 11: 27
    As the people of Greenland vote, so it will be Yes They will vote to join the USA (like the Crimeans to Russia), so be it. This is fair from all points of view.
    1. SP-Ang
      SP-Ang
      +9
      9 January 2025 11: 37
      How the People of Greenland Will Vote

      How naive. And this after all the very honest!!! elections.
      I won't talk about methods, just remember the words of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
      "Give me enough money and I'll talk the health inspector into buying a dead rat."
      1. strange guest
        strange guest
        0
        9 January 2025 11: 49
        Well, that applies to everyone!! voting and referendums. Don't be so naive that it's only in the US) so that's the world we live in.
      2. Nikolay Volkov
        Nikolay Volkov
        0
        9 January 2025 12: 57
        Yes, the population of Greenland may vote to join the USA. Why not?

        what is this Denmark to them???

        If you held a "referendum" like this in a capital McDonald's for about three years, there would be a lot of people there who would want to.

        all these believers in honest courts and a holy market
      3. twice-born
        twice-born
        +5
        9 January 2025 21: 15
        And he also said (approximately): "If the people could really choose, then who would let them participate in the elections?!"
      4. RadkoMladic
        RadkoMladic
        +2
        10 January 2025 08: 58
        If our votes in the elections mattered, we would never be allowed to participate.

        Mark Twain
  2. Colonel Kudasov
    Colonel Kudasov
    +2
    9 January 2025 11: 46
    Everything is going as expected. Since the decision to join will be given to the residents of Greenland, the offer to buy the island for a huge sum is automatically removed) But you can be sure that Greenland will not receive state status like Hawaii. The status will be the same as Puerto Rico or the Marshall Islands
  3. smart fellow
    smart fellow
    +7
    9 January 2025 13: 59
    Well, if the population of Greenland is 56 people, including infants, then if you promise to pay 857 US dollars for each, then for only $1 billion you can annex the island. Although the Chinese can promise 000 million, you need to hold an auction.
    They told how Abramovich became the governor of Chukotka. People came, collected wishes from residents, what they would like to have, and the following spring a steamship arrived, people lined up to vote and immediately after voting they were given a refrigerator, TV, car, etc., what they had previously asked for.
    1. Kiril
      Kiril
      +5
      9 January 2025 16: 33
      Yeah, if Roma gives something, he'll probably hang himself.
      1. Pro100
        Pro100
        +3
        9 January 2025 21: 26
        He will give it if he knows that he will take a hundred times more later.
      2. twice-born
        twice-born
        +3
        10 January 2025 02: 49
        Yes, and what does it matter to him?! The money isn't his anyway. And I'm not talking about him stealing the people's money. That goes without saying.
        And about the fact that he is appointed to these billions and is looking from the terry diaspora, and the real owners of those hundreds of billions, trillions, industries, cities and our lands with natural resources.
        It's easy to be generous at someone else's expense! This applies in every sense.
      3. smart fellow
        smart fellow
        0
        10 January 2025 07: 43
        Well, I heard the story about Abram's election from the deputy director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Research Institute "Voskhod", he told it to keep the conversation going without any purpose. And he heard about it during a business trip to Chukotka.
  4. Yury Leonov
    Yury Leonov
    +4
    9 January 2025 14: 32
    And what kind of disgrace is going on with Canada? Why is the British king silent, the vile lazy man still hasn't recognized Canada's right to become an independent 51st state of the USA? How is that? Maybe Trump would have patted him on the cheek at the inauguration as an approval of his exemplary performance. Charles III would then have breathlessly told his grandchildren and great-grandchildren about the Divine Grace that once descended upon him.
  5. Kiril
    Kiril
    +1
    9 January 2025 16: 31
    And where is Denmark's own recognition of dependence? laughing
  6. Glagol1
    Glagol1
    0
    10 January 2025 00: 32
    The surrealism of today. Here, in VO, there are a lot of people who are crying about our ocean fleet. And then it turns out that there are Russian ships everywhere. And what to do now?! Help! The Russians are coming…
    1. twice-born
      twice-born
      0
      10 January 2025 02: 53
      Those who know the truth cry, and those who don’t know scream: “The Russians are coming!”
    2. Sergei Fonov
      Sergei Fonov
      0
      10 January 2025 18: 31
      The Americans mean the number of icebreakers, they say they only have two, and Russia has 90. I personally didn’t look at the exact number, it’s taken from the media.
  7. Sergey Prutkov55
    Sergey Prutkov55
    0
    10 January 2025 03: 47
    And someone was waiting for him as a messiah. But he is an enemy!
  8. Kuramori Reika
    Kuramori Reika
    +2
    10 January 2025 05: 32
    Miserable Denmark did everything to curry favor with the US and to screw over the Russian fleet, as well as blocking the construction of Nord Stream 2. Now the Danes, like true cuckolds, are losing 99% of their territory. Shameful wolves