Danish king changes royal coat of arms in apparent rebuke of Trump over Greenland row
Danish king changes royal coat of arms in apparent rebuke of Trump over Greenland row
The US president-elect has expressed his desire to buy the territory for the US
Summary
Danish King Frederik has redesigned the royal coat of arms to prominently feature symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, replacing the historical three crowns, in an apparent rebuke to Donald Trump's renewed interest in buying Greenland.
The change underscores Denmark’s commitment to maintaining its territorial integrity.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede firmly rejected Trump’s suggestion, declaring, “Greenland is ours.”
This marks the fourth revision of Denmark’s coat of arms since 1819 and highlights Greenland's century-long political and cultural ties to Denmark despite U.S. military presence on the island.
I'm a bit disappointed they removed Sweden from their shield. Lack of ambition.
Now we can all wait for Musk to say how Denmark needs to be overthrown by fascists
My first thought was that it’s very entertaining to see far right people clashing. Denmark is heavily infested with right wing politics as well.
My second thought was that last time the whole world decided to go right wing we got 2 world wars.
This will unite the left and right in Denmark. And Denmark is probably the most left-wing country in the world, if you look at economic policy (maybe Norway beats them).
However, one should not forget that Denmark-Greenland is a real colonial problem, and Greenland deserves independence.
Still, I side with Denmark in this conflict. They should not be bullied into anything by US fascists that for sure will be even worse colonial overlords.
I don't know that it technically is a colonial problem because the Inuit came to Greenland after the Vikings had already settled it (it was unsettled before the Vikings), but then Denmark came back after the Vikings had abandoned Greenland and re-claimed it.
The Inuit and the Vikings settled different parts of Greenland, but were close enough that they could see each other across the fjords. There isn't much evidence for direct contact, probably because the devoutly Christian Vikings did not care for the animist Inuit.
All that aside, I do agree that they deserve independence if they want it.
Heyyyy then we got mild socialism that kinda worked until a conservative court overturned all of the most effective reforms in favor of business....
That's far too subtle to even register on Trump's feeble brain cell.
Trump thinks a coat of arms is a jacket made of weapons that he can buy
I think this is for the Greenlanders. It's to make them feel acknowledged by the Danish and their monarch as an integral and equal part of their country.
Honestly, I just want to know who fed him this Greenland nonsense in the first place. I don't think it's his idea, originally.
Bruh a literal full coat of arms change wouldn't register to him. He's dumb as fuck.
This is not related to anything the US has been doing. It has been underway some time.
It may have more to do with Greenland seeking independence: https://www.reuters.com/world/greenlands-leader-steps-up-push-independence-denmark-2025-01-03/
very thin article, that. there is a danish law since 2009 that states that greenland will be granted independence if they ask for it. the polls suggest that people only want independence if it comes with no lowering of living standards (78% against in that case, from 2016).
so basically if a referendum comes in positive, denmark lets them go. they already transferred much of the local governance to the locals in 2009.
I sure wish I lived in a country that had the balls to tell Trump where to shove it rather than where I currently live, which is bending over backwards to elect a Trump clone who will willingly bend over at the first opportunity.
The worrying part is that no one has any idea what country you're from
Oh fuck, Denmark has a flag. Now Trump has to make a flag or else he can't claim it. No flag, no country.
"Danish King." Yea fuck off, not interested.
In his first speech of 2025, King Frederik said: “We are all united and each of us committed for the kingdom of Denmark. From the Danish minority in South Schleswig – which is even situated outside the kingdom – and all the way to Greenland. We belong together.”
Ok, so he rejected US interest in Danish territory... while simultaneously asserting Danish interest in part of Germany?
The South Schleswig Danish minority have been mentioned in every new year’s speech I can remember. It’s basically part of acknowledging everyone who feels ties to the kingdom of Denmark. Near the german border there is a danish minority in Germany and a german minority in Denmark. And to my understanding as someone not living near there it is a respected cultural thing on both sides. It is not something about laying claim to it. In this particular speech the very next sentence is about the king and queen feeling just what you quoted during their visit those places that year and how they are looking forward to visiting the Faroese islands. For context the king was crowned in 2024 so this was commentary on the first royal visit of the new reagents.
And to my understanding as someone not living near there it is a respected cultural thing on both sides. It is not something about laying claim to it.
We stand with our Jutish brothers against the oppressive dictate of Rigsdansk, forcing people to put their articles on the wrong side of their nouns. Sjaellish devils, go back to Skane!
Not exactly; The Danish minority in Schleswig-Holstein is a recognized political group within Germany. Their party, the 'Südschleswigsche Wählerverband (SSW)' (South Schleswig Voter Federation), is even exempt from the 5% rule.
So I read it more like he recognized these "exiles" as Danish, which they are.
Correct, what is funny is that the danish government is building stupid fences and had way too strict rules about crossing the border when Covid first hit, so they were the ones causing problems to people living in the border area.
As long as the Danish government isn't playing up again there is no check on the border or anything, so it's not a big problem if you live across the border from everything else you go to everyday.
Nobody expected the Fourth Reich to start in Denmark!
He's not the king of Sweden.
A step away from restoring the Kalmar Union 😢
Making that polar bear a little larger sure showed Trump!
It's for the Greenlanders. Not Trump.
« In his first speech of 2025, King Frederik said: …We belong together. »
Well, Trump doesn't have money anyway
This is very little about contemporary money.
Huh, they removed the three crowns. Kinda an important simbol.
Frederik: The Kalmar Union is dead, long live Greenland!
Kalaallit Nunaat: Isn't it a bit late for colonial wars? Can West-Britain and Southern Norway argue this out somewhere else?
US President Elect: What's final price? Can you do better than that?
in an apparent rebuke to Donald Trump's renewed interest in buying Greenland.
Citation needed
Trump made a Truth Social post saying the US should look into buying Greenland. Like essentially everything Trump says it's utter bullshit and not something that could actually happen, and certainly not something Trump of all people could make happen. This is just Denmark subtly giving the finger to Trump which means the effort is wasted as anything more subtle than a baseball bat to the face won't register with Trump.
It's mostly Dead Cat politics. A distraction, nothing more.
If there's any real thought behind it, it's to saturate their opponents with so much bullshit, they'll thin themselves out to defend from it all, while they push through the few things that are important to them.
Honestly, buying Greenland is the most feasible of Trump's territorial expansion proposals. There aren't that many Greenlanders. They number 50,000 or so, and they all have Danish and EU citizenship.
The US could cut a check for $10 million USD to every man, woman, and child in Greenland, and the cost would come to about $500 billion. That's a song for a territory that large and of such long-term significance.
And you wouldn't be actually taking anyone's land. Existing land ownership would be respected. All that would change is that Greeland would be part of the US, not Denmark. And if any Greenland citizens don't want to live in the US, they can retire to Denmark and live well off the $20 million USD a couple of two would get.
The small population of Greenland makes otherwise impractical strategies like this possible. There's so few Greenlanders that we could just cut them each enormous checks in order to buy them all out.
C’mon. It’s so apparent.