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January 15, 2026

Danish Foreign Minister: "Fundamental Disagreement" with Trump over Greenland
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Danish Foreign Minister Lars Rasmussen said that there was a
"fundamental disagreement" with President Trump over Greenland, the
semiautonomous territory controlled by Denmark. The comments came after
the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met with Vice President
JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio Wednesday at the White
House, as President Trump has repeatedly called for the U.S. to
militarily take over Greenland. Here's Denmark's foreign minister, Lars
Rasmussen.

Lars Løkke Rasmussen: "For us, ideas that would not respect territorial
integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and the right of self-determination
of the Greenlandic people are, of course, totally unacceptable, and we
therefore still have a fundamental disagreement. But we also agree to
disagree, and, therefore, we will, however, continue to talk."



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