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French President Emmanuel Macron warned Wednesday that any U.S. move affecting the sovereignty of Denmark over Greenland would trigger "unprecedented" cascading consequences.
Government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon reported Macron telling his cabinet, "We do not underestimate statements on Greenland. If the sovereignty of a European country and ally were to be affected, the knock-on consequences would be unprecedented. France is monitoring the situation very closely and will act in full solidarity with Denmark and its sovereignty."
Bregeon's sharp rebuke follows President Donald Trump's repeated insistence that U.S. control of the Arctic island is vital for national security.
Trump stated that Greenland is "vital for the Golden Dome that we are building" — a reference to the planned multi-layer missile defense system — and that "anything less" than U.S. control is "unacceptable."
He argued that NATO would become "far more formidable and effective" with Greenland under direct American authority, warning that rivals Russia or China would otherwise fill the vacuum.
European leaders, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, have countered that "Greenland belongs to its people" and that Greenlanders "can count on us."
Denmark has responded by boosting its military presence in Greenland, with allied contributions from France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and others joining exercises and deployments.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, after talks with U.S. officials including Vice President JD Vance, described the discussions as frank but acknowledged a fundamental disagreement, noting U.S. control is "absolutely not necessary."
The dispute exposes Europe's long-standing reliance on U.S. defense guarantees while highlighting strategic divergences in the Arctic, where melting ice has intensified competition for resources and routes.
Here lies the bitter truth that Europe's globalist elites refuse to face: decades of outsourcing hard security to Washington, while pouring billions into climate agendas, migrant welfare, and bureaucratic overreach, have left the continent naked when American interests clash with their own.
Macron's bluster rings hollow from a leader whose military lacks the teeth to match the rhetoric, and whose nation depends on the very alliance he now risks fracturing.
