Summary

A YouGov poll found that 46% of Danes view the US as a major threat, surpassing concerns about North Korea and Iran but trailing Russia (86%).

Additionally, 78% oppose selling Greenland to the US, though 72% believe Greenland should decide its own fate.

The poll follows heightened tensions over Trump’s repeated claims that acquiring Greenland is an “absolute necessity” for US economic security.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has sought European unity in response, warning of shifting relations with the US.

  • Herding Llamas@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Trump does not want Greenland, never did. He also doesn’t care about the gulf of Mexico or Panama cannel.

    It’s just a distraction and negative media overload method that he uses. And you know what, it works. Here we are talking about this and not the serious things.

    • cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      He has done a lot of stuff that people thought was just talk. It’s easy to sit there and say it’s just talk when it is not about you. But when it is, it just ‘oh well, they should have known because he said so’ from others…

    • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      As a European, I would say a US president repeatedly theatening a EU country with invasion is already pretty serious in itself.