Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen demand respect for borders after US appoints Greenland envoy

The prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland have demanded respect for their borders after Donald Trump appointed a special envoy to the largely self-governing Danish territory, which he has repeatedly said should be under US control.

“We have said it very clearly before. Now we say it again: you cannot annex other countries,” Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a joint statement on Monday, adding that “fundamental principles” were at stake.

“Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders, and the US should not take over Greenland,” the two leaders said. “We expect respect for our common territorial integrity.”

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      It wont matter that he’s dead or not, all the rich fucks that put him there will still exist and will continue to reap the rewards from their bribes/donations.

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    Trump is a rapist and a conman. He believes he has the right to take whatever he can from anyone he thinks is weaker than him. Bullies like him need to be stood up to. Glad to hear Greenland and Denmark are standing strong.

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      Ok, but it really isn’t.

      At least, it’s a distraction the same way and hitting yourself in the knee with a hammer distracts from your headache. It may be a distraction, but it’s still just as serious of a problem.

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        Oh it’s serious. I am not downplaying how big of a serious thing this is.

        I’m only remarking that It’s also a big orchestrated distraction.

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    Well yes of course not, but also what the fuck did European powers do for hundreds of years to much of the entire world??