Denmark’s head of foreign affairs spoke at length and with enthusiasm about the friendly, allied atmosphere of the meeting held at the White House, but at the very end of his interaction with journalists he said everything bluntly:
— “We did not succeed — but, frankly, I did not believe it was possible — in changing America’s position.
It is obvious that the president wants to conquer Greenland.
We made it very clear that this is not in the interests of the Kingdom. Greenland has a government that is supported by three quarters of Greenland’s population.”
