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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats suffered heavy losses in Tuesday’s general election as voters punished her neo-liberal cross-party government. With no bloc securing a majority, coalition talks with the Moderates as kingmakers are underway in Copenhagen.

President Donald Trump said he is sending “a great hospital boat” to “take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of” in Greenland, as the U.S. continues negotiations for mineral rights in the world’s largest island.

Canada and France planned to open diplomatic consulates Friday in the capital of Greenland, showing support for NATO ally Denmark.

The centrist Danish government has announced that migrants will be immediately if convicted of a crime and sentenced to at least one year in prison.

Europe is “dreaming” if it thinks it can defend itself without U.S. support. So says NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte who warned Monday the European Union (E.U.) would have to more than double current military spending targets to be able to replicate America’s contribution to the security of the continent.

The Danish and Greenlandic govts poured cold water on potential U.S. sovereign base amid speculation over what the NATO deal might involve.

The U.S. will buy a sovereign base in Greenland that will become legal U.S. territory “forever” under a NATO deal, reports claim.

President Donald Trump told world leaders and elites in his speech at Davos, Switzerland, that the United States is the only nation in a position to “secure Greenland.”

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said that her country will not rule out a military response in Greenland amid threats from U.S. President Trump to annex the Arctic island.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte told President Donald Trump that he is “committed to finding a way forward on Greenland.’ 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declared that the sovereignty of Greenland is “non-negotiable” during her address on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

President Donald Trump declared that he no longer feels “an obligation to think purely of peace” in a letter to Norway’s prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, expressing his desire to acquire Greenland from Denmark for the United States. 

France and Germany are reportedly pushing for the European Union to invoke special trade restriction measures against the United States over President Trump’s efforts to acquire the Arctic territory of Greenland.

Advocates of hardball negotiations over Greenland in Europe have suggested stalling the ratification of the trade deal with the United States after President Donald Trump announced that America will impose tariffs on eight countries for opposing the United States acquiring the arctic island.

Thousands of people demonstrated in the capital of Greenland on Saturday against President Donald Trump’s plans for the US to annex the Danish autonomous territory.

Ramping up the pressure in the diplomatic feud over the future control of Greenland, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will impose a 10 per cent tariff on eight European nations for their opposition to America acquiring the territory.

Russia claims there will be “serious consequences” from militarising Greenland, as it asserts both innocence and interest in the matter.

European nations piling troops into Greenland to prove it can be defended, with the UK sending one soldier and Norway two.

The Danish government has reportedly deployed military “reinforcements” to Greenland ahead of a high-stakes White House meeting to discuss the future of the territory on Wednesday.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday elbowed its way into the debate over President Donald Trump’s effort to acquire Greenland, slamming the U.S. for “using other countries as an excuse for pursuing its own selfish interests.”

Denmark provided U.S. forces support as they intercepted an oil tanker for violations of sanctions, a Danish government official confirmed.

President Donald Trump argued on Sunday that Greenland’s defensive capability amounts to “two dog sleds,” so the United States must acquire the strategically valuable Arctic territory to protect it from Russia and China.

A German official on Sunday said international law applies to every nation, his statement coming as U.S. President Donald Trump eyes Greenland in an effort to protect America from its adversaries.

A former head of Britain’s MI6 intelligence agency has argued that it would be good for “European security” if U.S. President Trump succeeds in taking control of Greenland.

President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters following a roundtable with top oil executives and several Cabinet members in the East Room, asserted that the United States will take action on Greenland.

Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand and Governor General Mary Simon are reportedly planning a visit to Greenland early next month to open a new Canadian consulate, in a show of Ottawa’s opposition to President Donald Trump’s move to acquire Greenland for the United States.

Paris and Berlin are reportedly coordinating efforts to craft a European plan to respond to overtures from the Trump administration regarding the prospect of the United States acquiring Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark.

Monday on CNN’s “The Lead,” White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller backed President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Greenland should be a U.S. territory.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that if the United States forcibly annexes Greenland, it would result in the collapse of the American-led NATO military alliance.

Avant-garde Icelandic singer Björk has urged the people of Greenland to declare independence from the Kingdom of Denmark but warned of potential future “colonizers”, as U.S. President Donald J. Trump doubled down on his demands that the North American island come under the control of Washington for national security purposes.

President Donald Trump has appointed Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry the United States Special Envoy to Greenland.

Moscow was responsible for “destructive and disruptive” cyberattacks on a Danish water utility company that caused pipes to burst.

Danish govt secured coalition agreement to ban access to social media for anyone under the age of 15, the most sweeping yet by an EU nation.

The government of Denmark has set up a “night watch” in its Foreign Ministry to monitor President Donald Trump’s movements and statements while the country sleeps, the Guardian reported Thursday.

A former NATO Sec Gen warns unless there is “major change of strategy” in favour of giving more support Ukraine risks becoming “forever war”.