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As Denmark takes over the presidency of the European Union, Danes are extra strongly pro-European than at any time prior to now 20 years – a shift in sentiment that may not less than partly be attributed to US President Donald Trump.
A watch-opening survey revealed in March by Berlingske, a Danish day by day newspaper, stated 41% of Danes now see the USA as a risk. It additionally stated 92% of respondents both “agree” or “largely agree” that the Nordic nation must rely extra on the European Union than the US for its safety.
Given the latest tensions between Washington and Copenhagen, these statistics might not be shocking.
Since his return to the White Home, Trump has spoken ceaselessly and aggressively about Greenland, an autonomous crown dependency of Denmark, saying he would really like the US to personal it.
Vice President JD Vance and members of the Trump household have made what many see as provocative journeys to and statements in regards to the world’s largest island.
After Vance’s go to to the US army’s Pituffik Area Base in Greenland in March, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen pushed again on his declare that Denmark isn’t doing sufficient for protection within the Arctic, calling her nation “a very good and powerful ally.”
Again in Trump’s first administration, too, Greenland was a scorching subject. In 2019, he reportedly accused Frederiksen of constructing a “nasty” and “absurd” statement in discussions in regards to the island.
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