Mette Frederiksen, the prime minister of Denmark, and Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the prime minister of Greenland, in Nuuk, Greenland, on September 24, 2025. MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN/RITZAU SCANPIX/AFP
After attacking Venezuela and removing its president, Nicolas Maduro, is the United States now preparing to take control of Greenland, the Danish autonomous territory with a population of 56,000? The latest statements by the American president have sparked the worst fears. In an interview with the magazine The Atlantic on Sunday, January 4, Donald Trump reaffirmed that "We do need Greenland, absolutely," then declared, just hours later, that he would "worry about Greenland in about two months" and was ready to discuss the matter "in 20 days."
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These cryptic comments have caused even more concern since the White House deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, echoed them on CNN on Monday. "The United States should have Greenland," he stated, adding, "Nobody is going to fight militarily with the United States over the future of Greenland." The previous day, his wife, Katie Miller, posted on X a map of the territory colored with the American flag, along with the comment "soon." In response, Peter Viggo Jakobsen, associate professor at the Royal Danish Defence College, said, "this is a message that draws a direct link between what happened in Venezuela and what could happen in Greenland."
