Trump’s Relentless Greenland Fixation Puts Denmark in Focus
- Frederiksen told Trump in 2019 that island was not for sale
- She’s approaching the president-elect more softly this time
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It’s been a while since Denmark has been the object of Donald Trump’s enduring obsession with Greenland and needing to remind the returning president repeatedly that the world’s largest island isn’t for sale.
It’s a fixation that borders on the farcical. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, he threatened to levy tariffs on Denmark “at a very high level” and when goaded with a question, he declined to rule out the use of military force to get his prize.