Prominent American politician addressing Danes: We value our relationship

American Politician Delivers Clear Message to Danes: We Value Our Relationship

Prominent American politicians visiting Denmark assure Danes that the U.S. has valued and continues to value a strong relationship with Denmark. (Photo: © Emil Helms, Ritzau Scanpix)

By Monica Jørgensen ([email protected]) 58 minutes ago

Denmark and the U.S. are intertwined. Denmark and the U.S. support each other.

This is the message from a group of American political leaders who are in Copenhagen these days.

In the afternoon, the group held a press conference, where they came with reassuring and comforting words to the Danes.

- Let me be clear: The relationship between our two countries is important, it has always been strong and should continue to be strong, sounded it from the American politician Hakeem Jeffries.

Hakeem Jeffries is the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives and a member of Congress in the U.S. He is at the head of the delegation of American political leaders who are visiting Denmark these days.

Here they have had meetings with, among others, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) about, among other things, the importance of NATO alliance and Greenland. It is unclear on whose initiative, the Americans are in Denmark.

But it is clear that Hakeem Jeffries more than once wanted to pour oil on the waters and assure Danish politicians and Danish citizens that the U.S. and Denmark need each other.

- Denmark is not a bad ally for the U.S. Denmark has been a great ally, said Hakeem Jeffries with a subtle reference to Vice President J.D. Vance's statement that Denmark has been a bad ally for the U.S.

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Hakeem Jeffries emphasized that each time the U.S. has reached out to Denmark and asked for help on the battlefield, Denmark has responded.

- We value our relationship, said Hakeem Jeffries.

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The Democratic political leader has, according to the American media The Hill (https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5074423-hakeem-jeffries-trump-greenland/), previously criticized what he has called Donald Trump's occupation of Greenland.

And at the press conference, he made it quite clear that Greenland's future should be decided by the Greenlanders.

Jeffries doubted that Donald Trump would really make a serious effort to aggressively take over Greenland.

- It is not my expectation that he will aggressively go after Greenland. It is important to separate his rhetoric and his actions, said Hakeem Jeffries and added that he also doubted that Congress would give support to an aggressive takeover of Greenland.

In what extent can you guarantee that Donald Trump and his administration will not use force to take over Greenland?

- It is not something that has support. I have not seen serious, Republican members of Congress who support the idea that the U.S. should invade Greenland, said Hakeem Jeffries.

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The Americans plan to visit Greenland

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At the press conference, Congressman Gregory Meeks sent a direct greeting to the Greenlandic people:

- We plan to visit again. To learn. But we will come at a time that you think is a good time for us to come, he said and added that the U.S. will stand with Greenland against Russia and China.

- They do not share the same values as we do with a focus on democracy, freedom and justice, sounded it from Gregory Meeks, who was elected in New York.

Before the press conference, which was held at a five-star hotel in Christianshavn, the group, which consists of both Republicans and Democrats, had had a meeting with several representatives from the Danish government, including Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

And the Americans had also had a lunch meeting with representatives from Dansk Industri and a selected group of Danish companies.

The congressional delegation consists, in addition to Hakeem Jeffries and Gregory Meeks, of Stacey Plaskett, Madeleine Dean, Marilyn Strickland, Greg Landsman and Laura Friedma, who also visit Great Britain, Jordan and Israel on their tour.

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