US President Donald Trump’s latest moves to acquire Greenland are rattling Nuuk and Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen, Denmark – An international camera crew is being ushered out of Aaja Chemnitz’s office in the Danish parliament to make room for the next interview. Politely but firmly, the journalists are asked to leave – quickly. The busy Greenlandic politician – one of the two MPs with seats in the Danish parliament – is juggling back-to-back media requests as international attention intensifies.
Last week, she took part in a crisis meeting with the Danish foreign relations committee – a meeting with only one item on the agenda: the rapidly worsening relations between the Kingdom of Denmark and its NATO ally, the United States – driven by President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland.
