Greenland row reopens after US senator calls Danish PM 'little lady'
A senior US senator clashed with Danish and Greenlandic leaders on the margins of the Munich Security Conference last week, refuelling fears that the US appetite for the Arctic island has not faded.
Tensions in US-Danish relations had calmed after Donald Trump walked back threats to deploy military force to acquire Greenland and to impose tariffs on eight European countries that were deploying troops on the island.
But during a meeting with the two European leaders – Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Jens-Frederik Nielsen – Republican lawmaker Lindsey Graham warned that if Trump wanted Greenland, Washington could simply take it, US media outlet Puck and Danish media outlet Berlingske reported.
Danish sources present at the meeting said Graham addressed Frederiksen as “little lady”, prompting her to reply: “When you’re done with that, the meeting can continue.”
Participants described Graham’s behaviour as “completely out of line”. One person present cited “lots of F-bombs”, with a third describing the US senator as “combative”.
According to Puck’s reporting, US lawmakers were surprised to learn the extent of Trump’s campaign’s impact on Europeans’ perceptions and trust in US partners.
Graham, a senior figure in the Republican Party and a longstanding foreign policy hawk, had been a vocal critic of Trump after the insurrection attempt on 6 January 2021.
Since Trump’s re-election in 2024, however, he has emerged as one of the president’s staunchest allies.
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