White House Says Denmark Has No Right to Claim Greenland

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JAKARTA - Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said Denmark has no right to claim control over Greenland, an autonomous region of the kingdom.

"The real question is with what right does Denmark control Greenland? What is the basis of their territorial claim? What is the basis for them to make Greenland a Danish colony?" Miller said in an interview with CNN, quoted by Sputnik, Tuesday, January 6.

He stressed that the United States should own Greenland in order to secure the Arctic region and to "protect and defend NATO and NATO interests."

"It's clear, Greenland should be part of the United States," he continued, as reported by ANTARA.

Miller did not rule out a military operation in Greenland, arguing that "no party would fight the United States militarily regarding Greenland's future."

Hours after the US military intervention in Venezuela, Miller's wife, Katie, posted a picture on the X platform of a map of Greenland with the colors of the US flag and the caption "SOON."

In response to this, the Danish Ambassador to the US, Jesper Moller Sorensen, emphasized that Denmark expects respect for the territorial integrity of the kingdom.

Regarding Miller's statement, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev, who is also the Russian president's special envoy for economic cooperation with foreign countries, said the United States seemed to have firmly targeted Greenland and said Canada might be the next target.

"Greenland seems to be decided - the EU will continue to do what vassals do best: 'monitor the situation' and show double standards. Next Canada?" wrote Dmitriev on X.