Denmark blackmails Trump with 'US has checks & balances' threat over Greenland tussle? | EU| NATO

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says Denmark and the U.S. have agreed to keep working on a compromise that would get President Donald Trump to drop his idea of “owning” Greenland while safeguarding Greenland’s sovereignty, the Kingdom of Denmark’s territorial integrity, and still accommodating what he calls reasonable U.S. expectations. He stresses Copenhagen will “stay on that path” despite new tariff threats and warns that the Greenland dispute and Trump’s talk of a “new tariff‑free zone” must not distract Europe from the “extremely critical” stage of the war in Ukraine, noting broad support among EU partners and reminding that the U.S. is more than just its “unconventional” president because American checks and balances also matter. Rasmussen adds that Denmark will pursue a dual track: continuing a calm, off‑Twitter dialogue with U.S. leaders such as Vice President JD Vance while simultaneously preparing a coordinated EU response if Washington escalates.