Denmark NATO member wont dare shoot US one lah ... EU all NATO oso cannot be trusted .... Greenland confirm change hands

[WangChuk]

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/denmark-shoot-first-ask-questions-134356179.html

Denmark ‘will shoot first and ask questions later’ over Greenland​

James Rothwell
Wed, 7 January 2026 at 9:43 pm SGT
3 min read

Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European Nato members in the Arctic Ocean in Nuuk, Greenland - Ebrahim Noroozi/AP
Danish soldiers will be required to shoot first and ask questions later if the United States invades Greenland, under the army’s rules of engagement.

On Wednesday, the Danish defence ministry confirmed the existence of a 1952 rule requiring soldiers to “immediately” counter-attack invading forces without awaiting orders.

The defence ministry also said that the rule “remains in force” when asked about its status by Berlingske, a centre-Right Danish newspaper.

This week, Donald Trump, the US president, has repeated his intention to annex the Nato territory of Greenland, which he views as essential to US national security, including by military force if necessary.

His remarks have shocked Denmark – which rules Greenland as an overseas territory and insists the island is “not for sale” – as well as Greenland’s government and the wider Nato alliance.

Greenland is a Nato territory which Denmark insists is ‘not for sale’ - Joe Raedle/Getty Images
According to the Danish newspaper Berlingske, the 1952 rule states that in the event of an invasion, “the attacked forces must immediately take up the fight without waiting for or seeking orders, even if the commanders in question are not aware of the declaration of war or state of war”.

When approached for comment, the Danish defence ministry told the newspaper: “The order on precautionary measures for military defence in the event of attacks on the country and during war, remains in force.”

European allies are holding urgent talks on how to respond to a possible US attack on Greenland, a move that experts say would probably mark the end of the Nato alliance.

“We want to take action, but we want to do so together with our European partners,” Jean-Noël Barrot, the French foreign minister, said of discussions on how Europe should respond to a US takeover of the Arctic island.

A German government source told Reuters news agency separately that Germany was “closely working together with other European countries and Denmark on the next steps regarding Greenland”.

Also on Wednesday, Mr Barrot suggested he had received assurances from Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, that Washington was not planning an “invasion”.

“I myself was on the phone yesterday with US secretary of state Marco Rubio... who confirmed that this was not the approach taken... he ruled out the possibility of an invasion [of Greenland],” said the French foreign minister.

Mr Rubio also briefed US politicians that threats against Greenland do not signal an imminent invasion, and that the goal is to buy the island, sources told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

Mr Trump has repeated his intention to annex the Nato territory of Greenland - Alex Wong
The WSJ report and Mr Rubio’s assurances appeared to contradict Karoline Leavitt, Mr Trump’s press secretary, who said on Tuesday that military action was “always an option”.

At the same time, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday that US officials were increasingly discussing a takeover of Greenland with their European counterparts as a “concrete” possibility.

A senior European diplomat told the newspaper that there had been a marked shift in tone on the issue in recent days.

Sir Keir Starmer “set out his position on Greenland” in a phone call with Donald Trump on Wednesday evening, Downing Street said on Wednesday night.

Dominique de Villepin, the former French prime minister, has warned that if the US did invade Greenland, it would become an “enemy” of Europe’s Nato members.

“In no case should Europe accept any damage to European sovereignty,” Mr Villepin told Bloomberg TV, as he stressed that a case of one Nato member attacking another was “unprecedented”.

“And of course if Donald Trump goes forward, the status of the US will go from adversary or rival to the one of enemy,” Mr Villepin said. “It’ll be a huge historical change.”

 

[syed putra]

There is no security issues around greenland. Only the possibility of minerals and oil and gas. But deep in the snow.

 

[Iceberg]

Trump could be just seeking more permanent bases in Greenland like those in Cuba and diego garcia

 

[laksaboy]

Good luck Denmark.

 

[Ah Max]

denmark r famous 4 3 things only.
cookies, peter schmeichel n michael learns 2 rock.

 

[myfoot123]

America invasion of Venezuela is not legal. However, its taking over Greenland is justifiable because of the amount of money America has spend protecting NATO countries for decades - in trillion sum.

 

[eatshitndie]

greenland is like a sub-continent many times bigger than denmark yet has not reached its full potential due to in-attention and zero to low interest from denmark. now that trump wants it the danish gov suddenly becums “interested” and “fully vested” in defending it.

 

[syed putra]

denmark r famous 4 3 things only.
cookies, peter schmeichel n michael learns 2 rock.

Carlsberg. The long cool dane.

 

[syed putra]

Good luck Denmark.

Mire than half the US navy fleet is undergoing maintenance, upgrade and refurbish.

 

[Dreamliner787]

Everyday feels like Christmas in Greenland.

 

[Leongsam]

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/denmark-shoot-first-ask-questions-134356179.html

Denmark ‘will shoot first and ask questions later’ over Greenland​

James Rothwell
Wed, 7 January 2026 at 9:43 pm SGT
3 min read

Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European Nato members in the Arctic Ocean in Nuuk, Greenland - Ebrahim Noroozi/AP
Danish soldiers will be required to shoot first and ask questions later if the United States invades Greenland, under the army’s rules of engagement.

On Wednesday, the Danish defence ministry confirmed the existence of a 1952 rule requiring soldiers to “immediately” counter-attack invading forces without awaiting orders.

The defence ministry also said that the rule “remains in force” when asked about its status by Berlingske, a centre-Right Danish newspaper.

This week, Donald Trump, the US president, has repeated his intention to annex the Nato territory of Greenland, which he views as essential to US national security, including by military force if necessary.

His remarks have shocked Denmark – which rules Greenland as an overseas territory and insists the island is “not for sale” – as well as Greenland’s government and the wider Nato alliance.

Greenland is a Nato territory which Denmark insists is ‘not for sale’ - Joe Raedle/Getty Images
According to the Danish newspaper Berlingske, the 1952 rule states that in the event of an invasion, “the attacked forces must immediately take up the fight without waiting for or seeking orders, even if the commanders in question are not aware of the declaration of war or state of war”.

When approached for comment, the Danish defence ministry told the newspaper: “The order on precautionary measures for military defence in the event of attacks on the country and during war, remains in force.”

European allies are holding urgent talks on how to respond to a possible US attack on Greenland, a move that experts say would probably mark the end of the Nato alliance.

“We want to take action, but we want to do so together with our European partners,” Jean-Noël Barrot, the French foreign minister, said of discussions on how Europe should respond to a US takeover of the Arctic island.

A German government source told Reuters news agency separately that Germany was “closely working together with other European countries and Denmark on the next steps regarding Greenland”.

Also on Wednesday, Mr Barrot suggested he had received assurances from Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, that Washington was not planning an “invasion”.

“I myself was on the phone yesterday with US secretary of state Marco Rubio... who confirmed that this was not the approach taken... he ruled out the possibility of an invasion [of Greenland],” said the French foreign minister.

Mr Rubio also briefed US politicians that threats against Greenland do not signal an imminent invasion, and that the goal is to buy the island, sources told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

Mr Trump has repeated his intention to annex the Nato territory of Greenland - Alex Wong
The WSJ report and Mr Rubio’s assurances appeared to contradict Karoline Leavitt, Mr Trump’s press secretary, who said on Tuesday that military action was “always an option”.

At the same time, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday that US officials were increasingly discussing a takeover of Greenland with their European counterparts as a “concrete” possibility.

A senior European diplomat told the newspaper that there had been a marked shift in tone on the issue in recent days.

Sir Keir Starmer “set out his position on Greenland” in a phone call with Donald Trump on Wednesday evening, Downing Street said on Wednesday night.

Dominique de Villepin, the former French prime minister, has warned that if the US did invade Greenland, it would become an “enemy” of Europe’s Nato members.

“In no case should Europe accept any damage to European sovereignty,” Mr Villepin told Bloomberg TV, as he stressed that a case of one Nato member attacking another was “unprecedented”.

“And of course if Donald Trump goes forward, the status of the US will go from adversary or rival to the one of enemy,” Mr Villepin said. “It’ll be a huge historical change.”

The USA does not have to "invade" Greenland it's already there!

 

[Dreamliner787]

greenland is like a sub-continent many times bigger than denmark yet has not reached its full potential due to in-attention and zero to low interest from denmark. now that trump wants it the danish gov suddenly becums “interested” and “fully vested” in defending it.

In the end, Denmark will hand Greenland over to the United States anyway. But without putting on a show of sovereignty now, it would have nothing to trade when the takeover comes. The current posturing is less about principle than price-setting—an attempt to inflate Denmark’s leverage before the merger-and-acquisition phase inevitably begins.​

 

[glockman]

Good luck Denmark.

If it happens, it will be US vs NATO.

 

[winners]

KNN, all put on a show only lah. Otherwise, Ukraine won't be in this predicament state at present. Throughout Europe, the UK and Italy will definitely take side with Trump. Scandinavian countries will sit between the fence and remain silent. France and Germany will only wayang on their superficial fronts.

 

[Leongsam]

theguardian.com

A brief history of US military bases in Greenland​

Richard Nelsson

7–9 minutes

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US defence of Greenland​

From our own correspondent
12 April 1941

New York
Many believe that the United States has achieved a dramatic victory over Germany by obtaining an agreement with Denmark to protect Greenland. The agreement was announced yesterday. It is believed that Germany was ready to seize the southern end of Greenland for an airbase. It is understood that German bombers and transports were waiting in Norway to effect the seizure.

The United States Coast Guard may already have moved to hold the land granted under the agreement. If not it will do so within a few hours. The government is sending planes to Greenland at once for the defence of outposts which will provide intermediate landing fields for short-range American planes on their way to Britain. Fighters with a range of 1,000 miles could “hop” to Newfoundland, Greenland, and Iceland, on their way to Britain. Also American naval vessels carrying materials to the new bases could keep an unofficial watch on sea lanes, thus giving some protection to merchant shipping as far as mid-Atlantic.

Editorial: defence of Greenland​

12 April 1941

By assuming responsibility for the defence of Greenland, a Danish colony and the largest island in the world, the United States government has taken a momentous step which will greatly displease Berlin. The Nazis, who have always made such a fetish of political geography, are hoist with their own petard. For, although, as stated in the preamble to the treaty, this action is in accordance with a broad hint in a resolution by the Administrative Council of Greenland last May, the spokesman of the state department makes no bones about justifying it by the policy of western hemisphere defence which is President Roosevelt’s up-to-date version of the Monroe Doctrine.

Article 4 of the treaty, incidentally, specifies that landing fields for aeroplanes and harbour facilities for ships will be available for all American nations and merely for the United States. This move can only gratify the British government, which, it may be called, occupied another Danish possession, the Faeroes, in April last year for the same reason – that a Denmark under German occupation could no longer exercise her trust. Danish sovereignty over Greenland is expressly safeguarded, as also are her native laws and customs.

What exactly is the position of the present government in Copenhagen is uncertain. All we know is that the treaty was duly made with the Danish minister in Washington – on the same day he was required by his government to deliver an emphatic protest against the purchase of using of Danish ships recently taken into protective custody.

US and Greenland: proposal to buy from Denmark denied​

30 January 1947

Mr Lincoln White, press officer of the Department of State, tonight denied that the United States have ever approached Denmark with a proposal to buy Greenland. He added that Greenland’s future had been discussed between American and Danish officials but not along the lines suggested in the Copenhagen Ekstra Bladet, which said the United States was anxious to buy Greenland or rent aircraft bases there.

US aid to defend Greenland​

28 April 1951

Copenhagen
An agreement for the joint defence of Greenland by Denmark and the United States was signed here to-day. It follows a month’s discussion here between Danish and American representatives. A communique gave the main points as:

The present American naval station at Groennedal to be handed over to Denmark, with the existing American establishments. Atlantic-treaty countries to have certain rights of entry to the harbour. Greenland to be divided, if necessary, into defence areas run in conjunction between Denmark and the United States, the nationality of the commanding officer to be decided by agreement. Present plans call for the setting up of only a few such defence areas, all under American command. Both countries to aid each other in land, sea, and air traffic. American troops in Greenland to be exempt from tax and Customs duties.

The agreement is to remain in force for the duration of the North Atlantic Treaty. It has also been agreed that local defence forces will have a Danish commander.

The Guardian, 19 September 1952. Read the full article.

New US air bases in Greenland​

18 November 1952

Copenhagen
At least four major United States air force bases will be built in Greenland in addition to the three already operating there, Danish government sources announced to-day.

The new bases will be hundreds of miles closer to Moscow and the western rim of the Soviet Union than the existing base at Thule. They will lie right across the path which Soviet bombers may be expected to follow in any mission against the chief industrial areas in the eastern United States and around the Great Lakes.

For security reasons details of the exact size and capacity of the bases cannot be disclosed. There is, however, reason to believe that the construction programme will be among the biggest of its kind ever carried out. The project calls for building two or three completely new bases and for the reopening and expansion of another two bases which the United States air force built during the second world war and then abandoned.

Three American bases are already in use in Greenland. The largest and newest is “Blue Jay” at Thule, in the far north-west. The other two, built during the war, are on the west coast.

Aircraft on the icecap: the base at Thule​

By AJ Fischer
12 November 1956

Thule, whose aluminium huts look like a collection of sardine tins, is a highly mechanised military base and a men’s town. The plane lands on an airstrip three kilometres long, but no doors are opened until it reaches the hangar, since the temperature may drop to 47 degrees below zero. Thule boasts one of the finest and best-equipped military airfields in the world to-day. The building costs alone took $500m. The first steps were taken secretly in 1951 when planes bringing the first building materials had to travel 4,000kms. Later 50 transport ships, accompanied by icebreakers, reached the improvised harbour. However, landings are possible for only about 70 days in the year. The rest of the time the Melville Bay is completely frozen over.


This is an edited extract. Read the full article. See also: Atomic village in the ice.

The 74th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, operating F-89 aircraft, was stationed at Thule airbase in Greenland in 1955. Photograph: Alamy

Plane crashes through ice with H-bombs​

From our own correspondent
23 January 1968

An American B-52 bomber, believed to be carrying four unarmed hydrogen bombs, crashed in Greenland yesterday. The Pentagon admitted today that the place was carrying nuclear weapons but it declined precisely to identify them. It is believed that the bomber crashed through the ice and took the bombs into the freezing water.

In Copenhagen the Danish government made no attempt to conceal its concern at the incident. The prime minister, Mr Krag, called on Washington for more information and reiterated that his government prohibited nuclear weapons on Danish soil. He added: “This applies to Greenland as well and consequently no aeroplane carrying atom bombs can pass over Greenland territory.”

Radioactive ice cleared by airmen​

4 March 1968

United States airmen with shovels and axes have begun the task of moving tons of radioactive snow and ice from the area in Greenland where a B-52 aircraft carrying four hydrogen bombs crashed last month. The snow and ice will be placed in 18,000 gallon sealed metal containers and stored at the Thule airbase in Greenland until it can be removed by ship this summer when Greenland’s coast becomes passable.

 

[Leongsam]

By Jeffrey GettlemanAmelia Nierenberg and Maya Tekeli

Maya Tekeli reported from Copenhagen.
Jan. 7, 2026
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President Trump has ridiculed Denmark’s dog sled teams in Greenland.

He has cited mysterious Chinese and Russian ships prowling off the coast.

He seems increasingly fixated on the idea that the United States should take over this gigantic icebound island, with one official saying the president wants to buy it and another suggesting that the United States could simply take it. Just a few days ago, Mr. Trump said: “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security.”

But the question is: Does the United States even need to buy Greenland — or do something more drastic — to accomplish all of Mr. Trump’s goals?

Under a little-known Cold War agreement, the United States already enjoys sweeping military access in Greenland. Right now, the United States has one base in a very remote corner of the island. But the agreement allows it to “construct, install, maintain, and operate” military bases across Greenland, “house personnel” and “control landings, takeoffs, anchorages, moorings, movements, and operation of ships, aircraft, and waterborne craft.”

It was signed in 1951 by the United States and Denmark, which colonized Greenland more than 300 years ago and still controls some of its affairs.

“The U.S. has such a free hand in Greenland that it can pretty much do what it wants,” said Mikkel Runge Olesen, a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen.

“I have a very hard time seeing that the U.S. couldn’t get pretty much everything it wanted,” he said, adding, “if it just asked nicely.”

But buying Greenland — something that Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on Tuesday was Mr. Trump’s latest plan — is a different question.

Greenland does not want to be bought by anyone — especially not the United States. And Denmark does not have the authority to sell it, Dr. Olesen said.

“It is impossible,” he said.

In the past, Denmark would have been the decider. In 1946, it refused the Truman administration’s offer of $100 million in gold.


Today, things are different. Greenlanders now have the right to hold a referendum on independence and Danish officials have said it’s up to the island’s 57,000 inhabitants to decide their future. A poll last year found 85 percent of residents opposed the idea of an American takeover.

Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, has repeatedly scoffed at the idea of being bought, saying this past week, “Our country is not for sale.”

The relatively short, straightforward defense agreement between the United States and Denmark was updated in 2004 to include Greenland’s semiautonomous government, giving it a say in how American military operations might affect the local population. The roots of the agreement go back to a partnership forged during World War II.

At that time, Denmark was occupied by the Nazis. Its ambassador in Washington, cut off from Copenhagen, took it upon himself to strike a defense agreement for Greenland with the United States. (The island is part of North America, along the Arctic Ocean and close to Canada’s coast.)
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A former American air base in Kangerlussuaq in western Greenland. Under a little-known Cold War agreement, the United States has sweeping military access in Greenland.
The fear was that Nazis could use Greenland as a steppingstone to America. The Germans had already established small meteorological bases on the island’s east coast and relayed information for battles in Europe. American troops eventually ousted them and established more than a dozen bases there with thousands of troops, landing strips and other military facilities.

After World War II, the United States continued to run some bases and a string of early warning radar sites. As the Cold War wound down, the United States closed all of them except one. It’s now called the Pittufik Space Base and helps track missiles crossing the North Pole.

The Danes have a light presence, too: a few hundred troops, including special forces that use dog sleds to conduct long-range patrols. In recent months, the Danish government has vowed to upgrade its bases and increase surveillance.

After American special forces captured Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, from a safehouse last week, Mr. Trump seemed emboldened. Stephen Miller, a top aide, then claimed that Greenland should belong to the United States and that “nobody’s going to fight the United States” over it. Danish and Greenlandic anxiety skyrocketed.

On Tuesday night, Danish and Greenlandic leaders asked to meet with Mr. Rubio, according to Greenland’s foreign minister. It’s not clear if or when that might happen.

Tensions between Mr. Trump and Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, have been steadily rising, as Mr. Trump pushes to “get” Greenland, as he puts it, while Ms. Frederiksen refuses to kowtow to him.

Just a few days ago, Ms. Frederiksen cited the 1951 agreement, saying, “We already have a defense agreement between the Kingdom and the United States today, which gives the United States wide access to Greenland.” She urged the United States “to stop the threats” and said an American attack on Greenland would mean the end of the international world order.

European leaders issued their own statement on Tuesday, also citing the 1951 agreement and saying, “Greenland belongs to its people.”
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An American built, Cold War-era satellite station, referred to locally as Mickey Mouse, remains on a hill above Kangerlussuaq.Credit...Ivor Prickett for The New York Times

Analysts said that if the United States tried to use the defense pact as a fig leaf to send in a lot of troops and try to occupy Greenland, that wouldn’t be legal either.

According to the 2004 amendment, the United States is supposed to consult with Denmark and Greenland before it makes “any significant changes” in its military operations on the island. The 2004 amendment, which was signed by Gen. Colin L. Powell, who was then the secretary of state, explicitly recognizes Greenland as “an equal part of the Kingdom of Denmark.”

Peter Ernstved Rasmussen, a Danish defense analyst, said that in practice, if American forces made reasonable requests, “the U.S. would always get a yes.”

“It is a courtesy formula,” he said. “If the U.S. wanted to act without asking, it could simply inform Denmark that it is building a base, an airfield or a port.”

That’s what infuriates longtime Danish political experts. If Mr. Trump wanted to beef up Greenland’s security right now, he could. But there has been no such official American request, said Jens Adser Sorensen, a former senior official in Denmark’s Parliament.

“Why don’t you use the mechanism of the defense agreement if you’re so worried about the security situation?” he said, adding: “The framework is there. It’s in place.”

But Greenland’s strategic location is not the only thing that has attracted Mr. Trump’s inner circle. The enormous island has another draw: critical minerals, loads of them, buried under the ice. Here, too, analysts say, the United States doesn’t need to take over the island to get them.

Greenlanders have said they are open to doing business — with just about anyone.