Looks like he's back to focusing on Greenland again, maybe to try and distract from his disastrous Iranian war?

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Many Danes now see the U.S. as an adversary - not an ally

Only 17 percent of Danes consider the U.S. an ally.

The relationship between Denmark and the U.S. has been strained in recent times.

Donald Trump's repeated wishes - sometimes almost demands - to take over Greenland have not fallen well, and at certain periods, there was even a risk of armed conflict with the U.S., albeit as a scenario that could not be ruled out.

A situation that would have seemed completely unimaginable just a few years ago. Changing governments here at home have, as is known, considered the U.S. our closest ally for decades.

The situation now seems to have had a drastic impact on Danes' views of the U.S.

In an opinion poll conducted by Epinion and commissioned by DR, a clear majority of those surveyed actually see the U.S. as an adversary rather than as an ally.

A solid 60 percent consider the U.S. an adversary. Only 17 percent respond in the survey that they currently view the U.S. as an ally. Twenty percent are undecided, while three percent do not wish to answer.

Violent and frightening

The result is a shock for Lars-Christian Brask, foreign policy spokesperson for Liberal Alliance.

"It's actually a bit frightening," says Brask. "It's one of our longest-standing allies. We've had a diplomatic relationship with the U.S. for over 225 years; we have a close, intimate friendship and alliance - suddenly 60 percent of the population say it should no longer be seen that way. It's quite dramatic," says Brask.

He understands, however, what leads Danes to respond as they do.

"It's quite dramatic but also very fair, because we haven't been treated properly by the President," he says.

The radical leader Martin Lidegaard agrees.

"This shows that our relationship with the U.S. has undergone a drastic change, and there is honestly nothing to say about the threats against Greenland and our economy," he says.

Views of the U.S. are consistent across all population groups Epinion has divided responses into. Men, women, young people, older people, red voters, blue voters - every segment of the country sees the majority as an adversary.

The survey was conducted between January 21st and 28th.

Lynanalysis By Jens Ringberg, political analyst

Note who says no to the U.S. - everyone does!

The U.S. has been downplayed and lost support from large parts of the Danish population. And not only that - a majority now sees the U.S. as a direct adversary.

In historical perspective, it's completely wild. After the U.S. played a decisive role in freeing Denmark and Europe from Nazism, the U.S. became Denmark's most important ally. Denmark benefited from an economic injection after the war and from the U.S.'s protection during the Cold War. In other words: An ally - which could therefore also call upon Danish support when it was needed, as in Afghanistan.

Today, it has been turned upside down. A majority of Danes see the U.S. as an adversary. And worth noting – it applies to older generations and conservative voters too. Which itself shows just how deep the crisis is.

High-stakes conflict

After several weeks of high-stakes conflict over Greenland, Donald Trump put a lid on the conflict exactly on January 21st by announcing that he first hadn't thought about using military force to take over Greenland, and then that there was now a kind of framework for a future agreement about Greenland.

The responses were therefore collected from that day forward for a week.

Before that, the situation had become increasingly tense. Donald Trump repeatedly reiterated his desire to have Greenland and refused several times to rule out the use of military force.

This put the Danish government up on high rhetorical alert.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) called U.S. pressure "unacceptable." At the same time, she said that if the U.S. attacked another NATO country - presumably Denmark and Greenland - then "everything would stop."

She dared not to rule out that the U.S. might use military force against Denmark despite Trump's own denial.

But in spite of everything, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M) still considered the U.S. as Denmark's closest ally.

He said this on January 21st, shortly after Donald Trump had taken the possibility of using military force against Greenland off the table.

"Yes, the U.S., which is the U.S., being more than just the president, yes," he said. R: EU has taken over the role

On Christiansborg Hill, politicians are not in agreement on whether the U.S. can still be considered as Denmark's closest alliance partner. Martin Lidegaard and the Radicals think that EU has taken over that role.

"I have it the same way as 60 percent of Danes," says Lidegaard. "I believe that the European Union is now our closest ally. The past few months, the U.S. has been more like an adversary. Hopefully we will return to a place where we don't see the U.S. as an adversary, but under all circumstances it's the EU that is now our closest ally," says Lidegaard.

Lars-Christian Brask sees Donald Trump rather than the U.S. as the main problem.

"I would still consider the U.S. an ally. The U.S. is an incredibly important trading partner. The U.S. is a friend, the U.S. is an ally."

"We have a slightly troublesome president in the Oval Office right now who's doing some things that are unusual and quite volatile. But there will also be times after this, and we should try to maintain a solid and proper relationship with the U.S.," says the foreign policy spokesperson for Liberal Alliance.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/53509544

Families of people killed in the protests in Iran have told the BBC that the authorities are demanding large sums of money to return their bodies for burial.

Multiple sources have told BBC Persian that bodies are being held in mortuaries and hospitals and that security forces will not release them unless their relatives hand over money.

At least 2,435 people have been killed during more than two weeks of protests across the country.

One family in the northern city of Rasht told the BBC that security forces demanded 700 million tomans ($5,000; £3,700) to release the body of their loved one.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41655810

The move follows an announcement by Denmark that it will increase its military presence in Greenland immediately.

After meeting with the US vice president and secretary of state, the Danish foreign minister said it was 'clear that the president has this wish of conquering Greenland.'

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/58578329

Greenland’s prime minister has said “we choose Denmark” before high-stakes talks at the White House as Donald Trump seeks to take control of the Arctic territory.

Amid rising tensions over the US president’s push, Jens-Frederik Nielsen on Tuesday told a joint press conference with his Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen, that the island would not be owned or governed by Washington.

“We are now facing a geopolitical crisis. If we have to choose between the US and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark, Nato and the EU,” Nielsen said, adding that the island’s “goal and desire is peaceful dialogue, with a focus on cooperation”.Trump’s pursuit of the island was also a matter of “international law and our right to our own country”, he said.

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In an interview published on Thursday, Trump also suggested that NATO is toothless without the US, claiming his own morality guided his decisions on US military actions.

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that "it may be a choice" for Washington if it were to pick between controlling Greenland and maintaining the NATO alliance, amid a renewed push to acquire the island in the Arctic Circle.

Trump also hinted that the alliance would be toothless without the US.

“I think we’ll always get along with Europe, but I want them to shape up," he said. "If you look at NATO, Russia I can tell you is not at all concerned with any other country but us.”