France backs Denmark over U.S. threats

France has stepped forward to back Denmark and its sovereignty of
Greenland against a growing tide of threats made by the United
States over its desire to take over the autonomous territory

Jan 5, 2026: Foreign
Ministry spokesman
Pascal Confavreux
expresses France’s
“solidarity with
Denmark”

Jan 4: U.S.
President
Donald
Trump tells
reporters
aboard Air Force
One that “We need
Greenland from the
standpoint of national
security”

Earlier on
Jan 4:
Denmark’s
Prime
Minister Mette
Frederiksen tells
U.S. to “stop the threats
against a historically
close ally”

Jan 3: Shortly
after U.S.
invades
Venezuela,
Katie Miller –
far-right advocate
and ex-advisor
to former Vice
President Mike
Pence, and wife
of Trump advisor
Stephen Miller – posts
threatening tweet on X
social media platform

SHOULD GREENLAND
JOIN UNITED STATES? (%)

No 85
Yes 6
Don’t know 9

Poll of 497 adult Greenlanders, conducted Jan 22-26, 2025
Sources: Reuters, BBC, X
Pictures: X, Creative Commons, Getty Images
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