US President Donald Trump maintains, after a Greenlandic-Danish-American meeting in Washington, that the US still wants Greenland.
- We'll see what happens, but we need it (Greenland, ed.), he says during a press conference in the Oval Office about school milk.
He also emphasizes that the United States and Denmark have a good relationship.
"I think something is going to happen," Trump said.
The president emphasizes that he has not yet been briefed about the meeting that took place earlier in the day on Wednesday, but that it will happen as soon as the press conference about school milk is over.
- The problem is that Denmark can't do anything if Russia or China want to occupy Greenland, but the US can do something. You could see that last week with Venezuela.
- I can't count on Denmark being able to defend itself. They talked about sending in an extra dog sled, and they meant it seriously, last month. That's not enough, he says.
Denmark's Foreign Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, and Greenland's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vivian Motzfeldt, met with US Vice President, J.D. Vance, and US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in Washington D.C. on Wednesday to discuss Greenland.
After the meeting, the Danish Foreign Minister said at a joint press conference with Motzfeldt that the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States have a fundamental disagreement about Greenland, but that a so-called high-level group will try to clarify the problems.
- We expect that such a group will meet for the first time within a few weeks, said Løkke.
According to Motzfeldt, she spoke both candidly about politics and emotions during the meeting, she told the Greenlandic media outlet Sermitsiaq.
- At the meeting, where I, as a Greenlander, participate, I emphasized that I, as a Greenlander, and since I came from Greenland, also placed great importance on the emotions we experience in this country, and the increasing pressure that we have experienced over the course of a year, which has created fear and uncertainty among the population.
- And our allies must understand that, says Vivian Motzfeldt.
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