Denmark Says Open to Expanding US Military Role in Greenland (1)

Feb. 3, 2025, 4:37 PM UTC

Denmark is ready to allow the US to boost its presence in Greenland, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said as she seeks to curb an escalating diplomatic crisis with the Trump administration over the world’s largest island.

The territory already hosts an American military base that monitors space and detects missile threats, and the US “can have more possibilities,” Frederiksen told reporters ahead of a meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels.

The Pituffik Space Base in northern Greenland.
Photographer: Thomas Traasdahl/AFP/Getty Images

“I totally agree with the Americans that the High North, the Arctic region is becoming more and more important when we are talking about defense and security ...

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