{"id":7034,"date":"2026-01-09T10:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/?p=7034"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:10:30","slug":"denmark-warns-it-would-shoot-first-ask-questions-later-if-u-s-attacks-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/?p=7034","title":{"rendered":"Denmark Warns It Would \u201cShoot First, Ask Questions Later\u201d if U.S. Attacks Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denmark\u2019s defence ministry has warned that its forces would \u201cshoot first and ask questions later\u201d if the United States attempts a military seizure of Greenland, reaffirming a 1952 army rule that allows troops to repel intruders without waiting for higher authorization, the daily <em>Berlingske<\/em> reported. The ministry said the directive remains in force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The blunt warning comes as U.S. President Donald Trump again pushes for control of the NATO territory, calling Greenland\u2019s acquisition a national security priority amid rising Arctic competition with China and Russia. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said \u201call options,\u201d including the use of the military, remain on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans talks next week with Danish and Greenlandic officials and, according to the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, has indicated Washington\u2019s preference is to purchase the island rather than use force\u2014dialogue Copenhagen says it \u201cwelcomes.\u201d Even so, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance criticized Denmark\u2019s stewardship of Greenland\u2019s security, asserting Trump is prepared to go \u201cas far as necessary\u201d to safeguard American interests in the Arctic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denmark and European leaders pushed back firmly. Copenhagen reiterated that Greenland is \u201cnot for sale,\u201d while EU leaders issued a joint statement urging respect for Denmark and Greenland\u2019s territorial integrity. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned that any U.S. attack would effectively end NATO and unravel the post\u2013Second World War security order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump argues U.S. control of the world\u2019s largest island is essential to counter Russian and Chinese advances in the high north. Denmark\u2019s message, however, leaves little doubt about its red lines: any armed incursion would be met immediately, with questions to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denmark\u2019s defence ministry has warned that its forces would \u201cshoot first and ask questions later\u201d if the United States attempts a military seizure of Greenland, reaffirming a 1952 army rule that allows troops to repel intruders without waiting for higher authorization, the daily Berlingske reported. The ministry said the directive remains in force. The blunt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7045,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7034\/revisions\/7045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}