Denmark summons US envoy over claims of interference in Greenland | AP News

The us Regime is running russian-style active measures…in Greenland

Internal subversion campaign, IMO

This seems to be exploiting internal divisions in order to sow discord, with some vague goal that it will cause an internal “secession.” That’s a long game strategy you use when you don’t have hard power strings to pull.

https://apnews.com/article/denmark-greenland-us-trump-6c9544314792cf1e287e21af06111c1e

#EuropeanUnion#Greenland#France#Uk #eu#Denmark #danes

#Denmark summons #US envoy over claims of interference in #Greenland

Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the top US diplomat in the country for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least 3 people with connections to President Donald #Trump have been carrying out #covert #influence operations in Greenland.

#geopolitics#USexpansionism
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-greenland-us-trump-6c9544314792cf1e287e21af06111c1e

DR said it knows their names but chose not to publish them in order to protect its sources.

“We are aware that foreign actors continue to show an interest in #Greenland & its position in the Kingdom of #Denmark,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in a statement. “It is therefore not surprising if we experience outside attempts to #influence the future of the Kingdom in the time ahead.

#Trump #greed #geopolitics#USexpansionism

“Any attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of the Kingdom will of course be unacceptable. In that light, I have asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to summon the US chargé d’affaires for a meeting at the Ministry.”

Cooperation between the governments of #Denmark & #Greenland “is close & based on mutual trust,” Rasmussen added.

#Trump #greed #geopolitics #influence#USexpansionism

#Denmark, a #NATO #ally of the US, & #Greenland have repeatedly said the island is not for sale & condemned reports of the #US gathering intelligence there.

DR said its story was based on information from a total of 8 sources, who believe the goal is to weaken relations with Denmark from within Greenlandic society. It said it had been unable to clarify whether the Americans were working at their own initiative or on orders from *someone* else.

#Trump #greed

DR said it knows their names but chose not to publish them in order to protect its sources.

“We are aware that foreign actors continue to show an interest in #Greenland & its position in the Kingdom of #Denmark,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in a statement. “It is therefore not surprising if we experience outside attempts to #influence the future of the Kingdom in the time ahead.

#Trump #greed #geopolitics#USexpansionism

2 others have tried to nurture contacts w/ politicians, businesspeople & locals, acc/to the report.
An #influence operation is an organized effort to shape how people in a society think in order to achieve certain political, military or other objectives.
#Trump has repeatedly said he seeks #US jurisdiction over #Greenland, a vast, semi-autonomous territory of #Denmark. He has not ruled out #military force to take #control of the #mineral-rich, strategically located Arctic island.

#geopolitics

#Denmark, a #NATO #ally of the US, & #Greenland have repeatedly said the island is not for sale & condemned reports of the #US gathering intelligence there.

DR said its story was based on information from a total of 8 sources, who believe the goal is to weaken relations with Denmark from within Greenlandic society. It said it had been unable to clarify whether the Americans were working at their own initiative or on orders from *someone* else.

#Trump #greed

Public broadcaster #DR said Danish government & #security sources which it didn’t name, as well as unidentified sources in #Greenland & the #US, believe that at least 3 US nationals w/ connections to #Trump have been carrying out #covert #influence operations in the territory.

1 of those people allegedly compiled a list of US-friendly Greenlanders, collected names of people opposed to Trump & got locals to point out cases that could be used to cast #Denmark in a bad light in US media.

2 others have tried to nurture contacts w/ politicians, businesspeople & locals, acc/to the report.
An #influence operation is an organized effort to shape how people in a society think in order to achieve certain political, military or other objectives.
#Trump has repeatedly said he seeks #US jurisdiction over #Greenland, a vast, semi-autonomous territory of #Denmark. He has not ruled out #military force to take #control of the #mineral-rich, strategically located Arctic island.

#geopolitics

#Denmark summons #US envoy over claims of interference in #Greenland

Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the top US diplomat in the country for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least 3 people with connections to President Donald #Trump have been carrying out #covert #influence operations in Greenland.

#geopolitics#USexpansionism
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-greenland-us-trump-6c9544314792cf1e287e21af06111c1e

Public broadcaster #DR said Danish government & #security sources which it didn’t name, as well as unidentified sources in #Greenland & the #US, believe that at least 3 US nationals w/ connections to #Trump have been carrying out #covert #influence operations in the territory.

1 of those people allegedly compiled a list of US-friendly Greenlanders, collected names of people opposed to Trump & got locals to point out cases that could be used to cast #Denmark in a bad light in US media.

#Denmark summons #US envoy over claims of interference in #Greenland

Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the top US diplomat in the country for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least 3 people with connections to President Donald #Trump have been carrying out #covert #influence operations in Greenland.

#geopolitics#USexpansionism
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-greenland-us-trump-6c9544314792cf1e287e21af06111c1e