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Raw Story: 'We have our limits': Danish lawmaker says Trump's Greenland threats wearing on goodwill
Raw Story - 'We have our limits': Danish lawmaker says Trump's Greenland threats wearing on goodwill
Jennifer Bowers Bahney
January 8, 2025 1:48PM ET
Rasmus Jarlov, a conservative member of Denmark's parliament, claimed Wednesday that his country wants to keep up relations with the United States, but "there are limits" to the country's goodwill over the Greenland controversy.
Donald Trump has long mused about annexing Greenland from Denmark, a founding member of NATO. On Tuesday, the president-elect upped his rhetoric during a press conference when he declined to rule out a hostile takeover of the Arctic nation.
According to Reuters, Greenland "has strategic significance for the U.S. military and for its ballistic missile early-warning system since the shortest route from Europe to North America runs via the Arctic island."
Jarlov told CNN's Jim Acosta that "everybody" in Denmark is talking about Trump's threats right now.
"We had a gathering yesterday and it's certainly the talk of the country right now. And everybody is kind of trying to find out how to take it down. We want to keep good relations with the United States. It's good for both of us, we think, and certainly crucial for Denmark. But also, on the other hand, there are limits to to what you can you can take. Even if we're a small country, we still have our limits, and this is too much."
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Jennifer Bowers Bahney
January 8, 2025 1:48PM ET
Rasmus Jarlov, a conservative member of Denmark's parliament, claimed Wednesday that his country wants to keep up relations with the United States, but "there are limits" to the country's goodwill over the Greenland controversy.
Donald Trump has long mused about annexing Greenland from Denmark, a founding member of NATO. On Tuesday, the president-elect upped his rhetoric during a press conference when he declined to rule out a hostile takeover of the Arctic nation.
According to Reuters, Greenland "has strategic significance for the U.S. military and for its ballistic missile early-warning system since the shortest route from Europe to North America runs via the Arctic island."
Jarlov told CNN's Jim Acosta that "everybody" in Denmark is talking about Trump's threats right now.
"We had a gathering yesterday and it's certainly the talk of the country right now. And everybody is kind of trying to find out how to take it down. We want to keep good relations with the United States. It's good for both of us, we think, and certainly crucial for Denmark. But also, on the other hand, there are limits to to what you can you can take. Even if we're a small country, we still have our limits, and this is too much."
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