The largest island in the world, Greenland, which is currently a semi-autonomous unit within the Kingdom of Denmark, has been threatened publicly for more than a year by US President Donald Trump. By the time you read this, the threats appear to be getting worse, and they might even be getting worse.
I am the Danish parliament’s Folketing and Enhedslisten, the left-wing Red-Green Alliance’s foreign affairs spokesperson. In no way do we as a party care about the possibility of Greenland’s continued “Danish rule.” We support the 57, 000 Greenlanders’ right to choose their future and form alliances, which is evident in the constitution.
Denmark, a former colonial power, bears a sizable burden of historical responsibility and guilt to help Greenlanders create their own democracy, sustainable economy, and statehood vision.
Greenland and Denmark must unite to combat external dominance and aggression. The right of the people of Greenland to self-determination and the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark are both in danger. Trump is not attempting to liberate the Palestinians, Venezuelans, or Greenlanders. He is pursuing self-interest and dominance.
Trump’s actions in Venezuela demonstrated his total disregard for international law and state sovereignty. Silence over such flagrant violations will undoubtedly open the door for the next organized crime plot driven by his or her own desire to conquer other nations.
This world’s bullies don’t respect appeasement and bootlicking. Trump also acts cruelly. Any political leader who is determined to uphold a rules-based global order should be asked to say “no” with a clear “no.”
What the world witnessed in Caracas does not suggest that other states that belong to a superpower’s self-declared sphere of interest will benefit. Trump will obviously rule and “run” his “backyard,” which includes both Venezuela and Greenland because he has the means to do so.
The US is not permitted to impose itself on other nations. Trump’s actions are not in any way justified by the fact that the Venezuelan president’s regime presided over a severe economic crisis and was responsible for widespread poverty, oppression, and electoral fraud. The supporters of and support Maduro’s kidnapping contribute to furthering the international rules-based order and invite Trump and other cynical strongmen to do the same, including in Greenland.
The rules-based global order that we used to believe had been based on limiting power with legal means, ensuring state sovereignty, and protecting people from oppression and state abuse. Without being upheld and upheld, these established standards for peaceful international coexistence lose their relevance, which has uncountable repercussions for stability and peace. We are aware that Western nations have imposed them with a very limited degree of care. A stark illustration of Israel’s colonization and genocide in Palestine.
In Washington’s new National Security Strategy, it is clear that the United States has the right to assert its supreme political, economic, and military positions in the world and specifically in the Western Hemisphere. Trump proudly referenced the “Donroe Doctrine” at his Mar-a-Lago press conference on January 3 and laid out a foreign policy strategy to defend US dominance from any conceivable threat. The consequences are feared by both us and Greenlanders.
Only dominant and autocratic countries with imperial ambitions, which vested in other nations and their resources in vain, stand to gain from the current state of the world order. These countries want more land to demonstrate their size and strength. They use force to overthrow other nations and their natural resources because they can and because we let them.
The end result is lawlessness in a world where “might is right” and where every person in small and medium-sized countries is increasingly insecure.
Greenland, a former Danish colony, has a constitutionally democratic government under the form of a Naalakkersuisut government and an Inatsisartut parliament.
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the prime minister of Greenland, has repeatedly emphasized that neither he nor his government are interested in becoming US citizens or even being a part of it.
If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark right now, we choose Denmark, he said at a press conference in Copenhagen on January 13.
Given that the US does not have a free higher education system like Greenland does, this is understandable. The Greenlanders have, without a doubt, taken note of the country’s poor record regarding the respect for indigenous peoples like the Native Americans and the Alaskan Inuits.
Trump will continue to “getting” Greenland through brutal coercion, military, political, and economic threats, among others.
It is no longer necessary to walk on eggshells or try to flatter Trump because of the security situation in Europe and Greenland. The Kingdom of Denmark, the other Nordic nations, and any other country in Europe and elsewhere that respects the rules-based global order will need to reevaluate their strategy and recognize the value of strategic autonomy or independence from the US.
This requires a consistent approach to avoiding purchasing American weapons, including fighter jets, which Denmark regrettably purchased in 2025. Additionally, it means severing ties between intelligence cooperation and creating online platforms and media that are currently largely in Trump’s hands. Our democracies must be safeguarded.
Our party calls on all progressive organizations in Europe and other countries to unite and mobilize in a joint effort to fight the imperial and neocolonial goals of global reshaping.
We need to press political leaders around the world to reject American appeasement and consent and to consistently support international law, the UN Charter, and the right to self-determination.
This is the current equivalent of battle.
Source: Aljazeera
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