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The Crown Prince is formally proclaimed new Danish King Frederik X by the Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace on January 14, 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark. King Frederik X is succeeding Queen Margrethe II, who will be stepping down after reigning for 51 years. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) .

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At a media event in Greenland, Mette Frederiksen switched to speaking in English to make a direct appeal to the US.
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Danish PM addresses US on Greenland

At a media event in Greenland, Mette Frederiksen switched to speaking in English to make a direct appeal to the US.

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen,

‘You cannot annex another country’: Danish PM makes direct appeal to US after Rubio meeting

Mette Frederiksen was addressing the media in Greenland with the territory’s incoming leader when she suddenly switched to speaking in English.

  • Rob Harris
US Vice President J.D. Vance speaks at the US military’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday.

Vance attacks Denmark in ‘aggressive’ visit to Greenland

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the US should take over Greenland and has not ruled out the possibility of using military force to do so.

  • Benedict Smith
Anti-American protests in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland last week.

‘What is the national security adviser doing in Greenland?’

Greenland’s PM is furious that Donald Trump is sending Mike Waltz and J.D. Vance’s wife to the island, which he has vowed to take over “one way or the other”.

  • Maya Tekeli, Jeffrey Gettleman and Maggie Haberman

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