{"id":387914,"date":"2026-01-04T19:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T19:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/387914\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T19:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T19:53:09","slug":"denmark-urges-respect-after-trump-aides-wife-posts-on-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/387914\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark urges ‘respect’ after Trump aide’s wife posts on Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Denmark has urged the US to respect its “territorial integrity”, after the wife of one of Donald Trump’s top aides tweeted a map of Greenland in the colours of the American flag.<\/p>\n

Katie Miller, who is married to the US president’s deputy chief of staff, posted the altered image of the Danish autonomous territory on her X feed late on Saturday, alongside the word “SOON”.<\/p>\n

Danish ambassador to the US, Jesper Moeller Soerensen, reposted her message, with a “friendly reminder” of the close defence ties between the countries. <\/p>\n

Trump has repeatedly raised the possibility of Greenland becoming an annexed part of the US, citing its strategic location and mineral wealth.<\/p>\n

Responding to the post<\/a> by Ms Miller – a right-wing podcaster and former aide to Trump during his first term – Mr Soerensen said: “Just a friendly reminder about the US and the Kingdom of Denmark: We are close allies and should continue to work together as such.<\/p>\n

“US security is also Greenland’s and Denmark’s security. Greenland is already part of NATO. The Kingdom of Denmark and the United States work together to ensure security in the Arctic.”<\/p>\n

Mr Soerensen pointed out that Denmark had significantly increased its defence spending in 2025, committing $13.7bn (\u00a310.2bn) “that can be used in the Arctic and North Atlantic. Because we take our joint security seriously”.<\/p>\n

He added: “And yes, we expect full respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark.”<\/p>\n

The exchange comes after the US carried out a major military operation against Venezuela<\/a> on Saturday, capturing its president Nicolas Maduro and his wife and removing them to New York.<\/p>\n

Trump later said the US would “run” Venezuela and US oil companies would “start making money for the country”.<\/p>\n

The US president has previously refused to rule out using force to secure control of Greenland, a vast island in the Arctic. <\/p>\n

Trump has claimed that making it part of the United States would serve US security interests due to its strategic location and its abundance of minerals critical to high-tech sectors. <\/p>\n

Greenland, which has a population of 57,000 people, has had extensive self-government since 1979, though defence and foreign policy remain in Danish hands. <\/p>\n

While most Greenlanders favour eventual independence from Denmark, opinion polls show overwhelming opposition to becoming part of the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reuters Denmark has urged the US to respect its “territorial integrity”, after the wife of one of Donald…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-387914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}