Greenland Influence Allegations Spark Diplomatic Tensions Between Denmark and U.S.
In response, American officials have told the Danes to “calm down”.
It’s been some time since I had an update on Greenland.
Back in June, I noted that the Trump administration is considering financing a $120 million rare earths mining project in Greenland through a loan from the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) to Critical Metals Corp, in what would be the administration’s first overseas investment in a mining venture. No funds have been disbursed; however, the company plans to complete a feasibility study by the end of 2025.
However, the potential deal may be facing some polar headwinds. The Danish foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen after Denmark’s national broadcaster reported that at least three people connected to President Donald Trump were carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland, allegedly trying to sway residents to align more robustly with U.S. interests.
Denmark, a NATO ally of the U.S., and Greenland have said the island is not for sale and condemned reports of the U.S. gathering intelligence there.
Danish public broadcaster DR reported Wednesday that government and security sources which it didn’t name, as well as unidentified sources in Greenland and the U.S., believe that at least three Americans with connections to Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in the territory.
One of those people allegedly compiled a list of U.S.-friendly Greenlanders, collected names of people opposed to Trump and got locals to point out cases that could be used to cast Denmark in a bad light in American media. Two others have tried to nurture contacts with politicians, businesspeople and locals, according to the report.
The top U.S. diplomat in Denmark was summoned for a meeting at the country’s foreign ministry, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen confirmed on Wednesday, over alleged pro-American influence operations in Greenland.
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— ABC News (@ABC) August 27, 2025
To be fair to Trump, he has been forthright about the effort to woo the Greenlanders. So how “covert” were these people, exactly? How connected are they to the administration, beyond being fans of the President, America, and capitalism?
Additionally, as the last Greenland election demonstrated, many residents of the Arctic Island would like more independence from Denmark. That’s not on Trump, but on the choices the Danish government has made.
In response, American officials have advised the Danes to “calm down.”
The US has told Denmark to “calm down” after the top US diplomat in Copenhagen was summoned over claims that Americans had been conducting covert operations in Greenland.
A US state department spokesperson said Chargé d’Affaires Mark Stroh had met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, adding he had had a “productive conversation” that “reaffirmed the strong ties” between Greenland, Denmark and the US.
The spokesperson could not comment on “the actions of private US citizens in Greenland”, but said the US had always respected the right of the people of Greenland to “determine their own future”.
But there may be slightly more to this story.
Legal Insurrection readers will recall the Trump administration just pulled the plug on Connecticut’s Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island. The move came after 80% of the construction was complete.
Hot Air’s Beege Welborne explains why this may have contributed to Danish diplomatic unhappiness. The Danish government owns nearly 51% of the company constructing Revolution Wind, Orsted.
The Danish government owns almost 51% of the company. If you don’t think this doesn’t put an entirely different wrinkle on this Revolution evolution, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
Now. My running theory was that Trump was going to use the shutdown as leverage to force the New England/Mid-Atlantic governors into a cave, much as he did with Hochul and the gas pipeline when they paused Empire Wind.
But industry minds were thinking way out ahead of me, and they see this power move as a shot over the bow for Greenland.
Could be. The situation happens to tie two of Trump’s favorite subjects – one a pet peeve, one a coveted objective – together.
What does Trump want to remove stop work order on 80% complete Revolution Wind?
Algonquin Pipeline expansion? (What think Burrillville? https://t.co/KeDHVDN4EE)
Or is it…. Greenland?
“Foreign Affairs Plot Thickens Around Offshore Wind Stop-Work Order”https://t.co/XOVe5HctsR— katherine gregg (@kathyprojo) August 26, 2025
So, perhaps Trump’s team was completely truthful, the move had a national security component. Just not the ones we were thinking about.
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Comments
Trump was hoping to capture the magnetic north pole to prevent having to renumber all the airport runways every couple of years.
Aviation maps all come with calculations to allow for magnetic north drift already 😂
Topographical maps also list the declination so your going in the right direction
well
we owned the oil found in different regions of the world and gave that up due to leftism in the usa
and then due to leftism we sent manufacturing overseas ,,,and gave up on our rare earth minerals superiority …….. and then chose to import not important minerals etc
but no
we imported people who couldnt read at grade level and had the backing of the leftists in the usa to not even try to join the pride and melting pot of the western valued usa…
not to mention capitulating with every moan and grown from the blmplo movement / agenda until the granting of cities ion fire and police stations being allowed to burn to the ground
so with trump having a few more years in office but still having to fight the seamp
we are going to have to really change our maga agenda by really going after the maga agenda to become reality or just admit it that the gop are worthless as they continue to help the leftists take over while some gop types pretend that the dnc is in disarray as the dnc takes over locales
correction:
fight the swamp
Funny the ineffectual and useless Denmark showed little interest in Greenland until Trump came along. If only their government cared half as much about the Muslim invasion destroying them as they do about this. Trump should just take it over as what will Denmark do? Send a herring boat to protest? Run to the EU?
Hey now those Danes were pretty fierce in the days of Vikings!
Now they are being shown up by 14 yr old Scottish girls
Denmark can wax wroth, but it knows if the balloon goes up, the U.S. could take Greenland any old time it wants.
Recall that we can’t just buy Greenland from the Danes. In 1917, in response to a previous effort by the U.S., the British (who have forever opposed our being in Greenland) bought a ‘right of first refusal’ from the Danes. The Danes cashed that check, and ever since, if the Danish government inks a sale of Greenland to anyone, the British have the right to match the price and take the land instead.
If I were really insidious, I’d get the U.S. to come in with a high-ball offer and force the British to match. But that’s just me…
Not sure England needs any help destroying itself.
Dunno. The Brits could buy it and send all the “refugees” there. Rough on the Inuit, but they can just head north.
past tense .– destroyed
Your not arguing that the US can’t buy Greenland only that England has a right to match the offer which they have no chance of doing if the US want’s Greenland bad enough. The Danes, though, currently have to agree to sell it unless Trump plans to take it by force which would require, IDK, Boy Scout Troop #47 out of Presque Isle, Me. If Greenland does vote for autonomy which it looks like they are going to do then all bets are off. There is no question Greenland is not just important for it’s minerals, it’s strategic value is off the charts in the Arctic.
Of course, if the Greenlanders were to ‘revolt’ and ‘declare independence’, the British have no rights at all.
This is not a far-fetched scenario. Look up how Panama gained its independence from Colombia, and shortly thereafter ‘negotiated’ rights to a canal to be built by the U.S. That was aided by the USS Nashville, a gunboat, that was conveniently parked in the harbor at Colón, the day the separatists asserted themselves.
The point: if the Greenlanders were somehow, someway, sometime, to be persuaded to declare independence, it might be that the US might have a squadron of attack aircraft at Thule and a submarine in the Davis Strait just off the coast of Nuuk.
Stranger things have happened.
“In response, American officials have advised the Danes to “calm down.”
👺 “Hey, buddy, relaaax!”
“katherine gregg @kathyprojo”
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Greenland is more liability than asset. Denmark might want take the opportunity to unburden themselves of a territorial dependency and imperial overstretch. Then the tar baby would be stuck to US for good or bad.
The strategic value more than makes up for supporting the people there not to mention the mineral and potential oil wealth.
With Greenland, we could tell illegals, “We have a deal for you, go home or we put you on Greenland.”
How about in response to the “we are doing the jobs you don’t want to do” crowd we say ” your right. We have plenty of jobs on the North Slope of Alaska drilling for oil”
In response, American officials have advised the Danes to “calm down.”
Holy carp! That doesn’t work with your girlfriend or wife, what would make you think it would work with a Danish?! Is Trump trying to start a war?
A downvote!
Meow!
andd How many troops does Denmark have? Asking for a friend
Enough to have experienced the highest casualty rate in Afghanistan while supporting the USA.
So then… a lot less than they even had previously? Maybe now’s the time.
20,000 -30,000 active duty.
Making Greenland a part of the U.S. may amount to the U.S. shooting itself in the foot if Greenland’s representatives in Congress vote uniformly blue, like Hawaii. Sorry, not interested in that.
Represntatives? Territorial status or whatever that semi-independant affiliation some of the not-territory territories have is called.
There would be no way it could become a state with a population that low. Not even if it wanted to, which it probably wouldn’t.
Lets just Buy Denmark and force them to abide by our constitutional rights.
Go armed, Danes, scare the powers that be.
“It’s a big sale on cheese, Gromit!”