Mette Frederiksen will not answer whether Trump understood the message

Donald Trump wants control over Greenland.

This is now clear. Whether it will be through buying Greenland or using military or economic power to obtain it, there are several possibilities.

However, Greenland is not for sale, and Greenland's future is up to the Greenlanders, this message has been repeated from the Danish government.

And indeed, this message was attempted to be conveyed to the incoming president during a 45-minute conversation today by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S).

However, whether the message was successful, and whether Donald Trump accepts it, Mette Frederiksen will not answer.

- I will say it in such a way that there is a very strong American interest in the new administration regarding Greenland.

- I will not refer to what my colleagues say in conversations. I am on my own lane, she says.

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Not a new wish

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Donald Trump has also expressed doubt about whether Denmark even has the right to control Greenland. However, the rules are quite clear, underscores Mette Frederiksen.

- We have the agreement complex, we never had, about our kingdom. It is so clear what it means.

But does Donald Trump acknowledge it?

- As I said before, I will not refer to what my colleagues say in the conversations we have had.

- But it was a long conversation, and it was a straightforward conversation, and I have of course made clear how the whole complex looks with Danish glasses.

Donald Trump's wish to have Greenland in American hands is not new.

Already in 2019, while he was president, he expressed a desire to buy Greenland. At that time, the prime minister was a bit harder in rhetoric and called the proposal "absurd".

Donald Trump did not take it well, and he called the statements "nasty" - or "unpleasant" in Danish.

These types of words were not used in the conversation today.

- No, we did not use such words. And I would also like to say that the discussion in 2019 has been concluded and resolved. And we do not have such a long conversation if we do not have a lot to talk about, and if it does not take place in an orderly manner.

- The incoming American president is very straightforward, but that can also be found out, insists the prime minister.

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Is the crisis over?

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The government announced last week that despite attempts, it had not been possible to have a conversation with Donald Trump about his Greenland dreams.

In fact, it was initially expected to be able to have a conversation after his inauguration as president on Monday.

But today it was successful, and politically it is a victory for Mette Frederiksen that the conversation took place so early, according to DR's political correspondent, Christine Cordsen.

- Mette Frederiksen has been under harsh criticism from parts of the opposition for not doing enough to respond to Donald Trump's threats to take over Greenland. This criticism will be difficult to continue now.

However, this does not necessarily mean that the crisis is over.

- A phone call does not necessarily change the fact that Trump plays by some completely different diplomatic rules, evaluates Christine Cordsen.

And we still have to hear about the other half of the conversation. The part where Donald Trump spoke. The part, according to Christine Cordsen, that is also the most interesting.

- It is naturally very interesting to know how Trump has reacted to Mette Frederiksen's messages about Greenland not being for sale, and that it is the Greenlanders themselves who decide whether Greenland should be independent, it sounds.

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