'Difficult time': Danish PM Frederiksen visits Greenland to 'prepare for next steps'

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is on a visit to Greenland to meet her counterpart, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, in a show of support for the island country amid US President Donald Trump’s ramped-up acquisition efforts.

Frederiksen travelled to Greenland immediately after meeting Nato Chief Mark Rutte in Brussels. Rutte posted on his X account that he and the Danish PM agreed “to enhance deterrence and defence in the Arctic”.

“I am first and foremost in Greenland today to show our strong Danish support for the Greenlandic people. It’s a very difficult time, everyone can see that,” Frederiksen said after landing in Nuuk.  

“It is a serious situation we are in. Everyone can see that. Now there is a diplomatic, political track that we will pursue,” she said. Her trip was a “working” visit to prepare their “next steps,” she added.

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Trump this week said that a “framework” is in place to acquire Greenland and announced that he would drop tariffs on European countries that opposed his plan to purchase the island nation.

“Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America and all NATO Nations,” Trump said on Truth Social.

He added that officials are currently discussing matters related to the Golden Dome and that Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will be among those leading the negotiations from his team.

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Authorities ask citizens to stockpile

Authorities in Greenland have advised citizens to stockpile sufficient supplies for five days in the event of a crisis. Greenland has prepared a brochure for the public in response to frequent power outages, aiming to “strengthen the security of the population and to ensure that society’s overall preparedness is even stronger.” The document does not make any mention of Trump and officials say that they began preparing it last year.

Peter Borg, Greenland’s minister who oversees self-sufficiency, said, “The publication of the brochure with practical and simple advice for households is not an expression that we expect a crisis.”