Summoning the top US diplomat in Denmark is a polite way of saying, ‘Oi, stop looking into our backyard.’
This is what has happened after the Danish national broadcaster reported that three people linked to Donald Trump are are busy stirring the political pot in Greenland.
Citing government and security sources, the broadcaster, DR, said the trio had been compiling names of Greenlandic citizens who backed America’s Arctic daydream – and who might be willing to join a movement to declare independence.
The US president has long had plans to take over the island, and has not ruled out military action to achieve it.
Accusations of ‘covert influence operations’ have already been brushed off by Washington – but in Copenhagen the evidence seems to be piling up.
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