Denmark demands US respect its sovereignty after Trump deploys Greenland envoy

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Denmark demands US respect its sovereignty after Trump deploys Greenland envoy  The government in Copenhagen has insisted on respect for its country's territorial integrity on Monday, after the US president appointed the Louisiana governor as an envoy to bring Greenland under US control.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/22/denmark-demands-us-respect-its-sovereignty-after-trump-deploys-greenland-envoy  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Denmark expects all nations, including the United States, to respect its territorial sovereignty,

00:07Foreign Minister Lars Loke Rasmussen said on Monday.

00:11This comes after US President Donald Trump appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Laundrie

00:18as a special envoy to bring Greenland under Washington's control on Sunday.

00:23I am strongly concerned over the news that the president has announced the special envoy.

00:30And I am strongly concerned and find it unacceptably in the way the special envoy is now on.

00:37With an experience that he has a mandate to make it British and American.

00:43I am here on the Faireyøren and the King of Denmark is King of its.

00:46Danish media reported that Rasmussen later said he would summon Kenneth Howery,

00:53the US ambassador in Copenhagen, for a meeting at the ministry.

00:57Trump has repeatedly called for US jurisdiction over Greenland

01:02and has infamously not ruled out using military force to seize it.

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