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Europe Backs Greenland After Trump Resumes Takeover Threats

Jan. 5, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC
Sanne Wass
Sanne Wass
Andrea Palasciano
Andrea Palasciano
Arne Delfs
Arne Delfs
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Will Standring
Will Standring

European officials pledged to support Greenland after US President Donald Trump restarted his campaign to take the self-governed island in the wake of his strike on Venezuela.

Across the continent, Europe’s biggest powers expressed solidarity with Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory within the Danish kingdom, shortly after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen asserted that Trump has no right to annex Greenland.

“I stand with her, and she’s right about the future of Greenland,” UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Sky News on Monday, adding that Greenland’s future is for Denmark and Greenland to decide.

WATCH: After the extraordinary US raid on Venezuela, is Greenland Donald Trump’s next target? Sanne Wass explains. Source: Bloomberg

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