As the smoke settled between the high-level diplomats outside the embassy’s car, a new view was settling in across the Atlantic Ocean. Whatever happens next, Denmark, and its relationship with the United States, has changed irreversibly.
The Danish foreign minister fist-bumped his ambassador and then rushed up to Greenland’s minister of foreign affairs and lit her cigarette. They had just met with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In the Jan. 14 meeting, they discussed U.S. President Donald Trump’s desire to “own” Greenland, the Greenlandic people’s firm opposition to being owned, and how they can all move forward in light of this impasse.
The Danish foreign minister fist-bumped his ambassador and then rushed up to Greenland’s minister of foreign affairs and lit her cigarette. They had just met with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In the Jan. 14 meeting, they discussed U.S. President Donald Trump’s desire to “own” Greenland, the Greenlandic people’s firm opposition to being owned, and how they can all move forward in light of this impasse.
As the smoke settled between the high-level diplomats outside the embassy’s car, a new view was settling in across the Atlantic Ocean.
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