Denmark has summoned the senior US diplomat in Copenhagen after reports that American citizens with alleged ties to President Trump were conducting covert influence activities in Greenland.
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen called in Mark Stroh, the chargé d’affaires at the US embassy, for a meeting at the foreign ministry.
The new report by Danish broadcaster DR said at least three Americans linked to Trump had been gathering information and attempting influence operations in Greenland. Denmark’s security and intelligence service (PET) said it believes Greenland “is the target of influence campaigns of various kinds” aimed at straining ties between Denmark and Greenland.
Concerns over US interest in Greenland have persisted since President Trump suggested taking control of the Arctic territory, a semi-autonomous region of Denmark, and declined to rule out force. Denmark previously summoned Stroh in May after the Wall Street Journal reported that a classified message had urged US intelligence to identify individuals in Denmark and Greenland supportive of Trump’s plan.
Some officials downplayed the matter, describing the alleged efforts as amateurish and saying no link to US intelligence had been established.
The reports follow the Trump administration’s stop-work order on a nearly completed offshore wind project co-owned by Ørsted. The order coincided with Rasmussen and Denmark’s ambassador signing a clean energy partnership with California Governor Gavin Newsom, though Danish officials said the events were unrelated.
