By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Jan 10 (Reuters) - When U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets his Danish and Greenlandic counterparts next week, Denmark will be defending a territory that has been moving steadily away from it and towards independence since 1979.

Denmark has pledged to station a radar system in eastern Greenland, as well as five new inspection ships to replace the ageing Thetis-class vessels, a Poseidon-type patrol aircraft and four long-range MQ-9B Sea Guardian air drones.

The Trump administration is actively exploring ways to acquire Greenland, either through purchase or by force.

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Denmark in 2026 builds on what the country already does well: strong culture, design-led cities and easy access to nature.

In this framing, Trump’s actions are part of the emergence of a multipolar world, in which the great powers are the US, China, India and Russia. In this world, it makes sense for Russia to invade Ukraine to counter the US, for the US to seize assets in Venezuela and Greenland to counter China, and for China to invade Taiwan to counter the US.

Administration officials are set to meet with Danish officials to discuss Greenland after Trump insisted the US must acquire the territory. The post Trump mocks Greenland defenses as ‘two dog sleds' ahead of Denmark talks appeared first on Straight Arrow News.

Fresh from a dramatic military operation in Venezuela, Donald Trump is now turning his attention north — toward Greenland. His rhetoric has alarmed European capitals and rattled NATO allies. Denmark faces an unthinkable question: if Washington moves aggressively,