A brief footnote to the recent story about the presence of Americans in Greenland trying to drum up support for U.S. annexation of the island. (See my post on 8/28/25: “In Case You Thought He’d Forgotten About Greenland …”)

Following the Danish Foreign Ministry’s protest delivered to U.S. Charge d’Affaires Mark Stroh last week, an assessment by the Danish PET security and intelligence service said that influence campaigns of the sort complained of would likely aim to “create discord in the relationship between Denmark and Greenland . . . [by exploiting] existing or invented disagreements . . . [either with] traditional, physical influence agents or via disinformation.” [Paul Kirby, BBC, August 27, 2025.]

Further, Danish public broadcaster DR has reported details of one American’s visit to the capital city of Nuuk for the purpose of compiling a list of Greenlanders who were known to back U.S. attempts to acquire the island, and attempting to recruit them for an organized secessionist movement. [Id.]

And what was Washington’s response to all of this? Well, in a typically brilliant display of international diplomacy — and while not confirming the existence of any such influence campaign — an unnamed White House spokesperson had this to say:

“We think the Danes need to calm down.” [Id.]

Genius. Absolute genius.

How calm do you suppose Donald Trump would be if, for example, Vladimir Putin tried to appropriate Alaska?

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
8/31/25