F
ollowing the US attack on Venezuela and abduction of dictator Nicolas Maduro on January 3, one seemingly innocuous message drew particular attention. Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, Donald Trump's deputy chief of staff, posted a map of Greenland, covered with the American flag, on the social media platform X, with the word "SOON." Shortly afterward, Trump stated that the United States needed Greenland for national security reasons, arguing that Denmark could not defend the island on its own. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen rejected this claim, emphasizing both Denmark's and Greenland's sovereignty. Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen also asserted Greenland's sovereignty.
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'If tomorrow, the US decides to seize Greenland, neither Denmark nor the EU has the means to stop it'
Greenland is not a distant outpost, but a territory that holds great significance for all of Europe. The island holds both the status of a country and an overseas European Union territory, with special rights. Greenlanders are citizens of the Kingdom of Denmark and, therefore, EU citizens with freedom of movement rights. Above all, Greenland holds considerable strategic importance: militarily, as a key zone in the Arctic; economically, because of its raw materials; and geopolitically, in the context of new shipping routes and climate change. Whoever controls Greenland influences a key area of European security policy.
