Danish king arrives in Greenland as Trump eyes strategic Arctic island

After fishing, dinners and a snowmobile ride, King Frederik rounded off his two-day program in Greenland with a trip in a large fishing simulator. This happened with a visit to the Greenland Maritime Center on Wednesday...

If You Think Greenland Is Strategic... - Armed Forces Press

Over the weekend, Sal Mercogliano posted a great visual of the great circle route between the USA and East Asia. You know I love great circle analysis, but for my long-standing Front Porch members, what other favorite topics of mine come to mind, or what popped into your head? Yep’r … the Arctic and the neglected High North. We have our bases in Washington State, and we have access to bases in Japan, but what is helping to keep an eye on things,…

The monarch of Denmark, very popular on the island, and the Greenlandic autonomous president strive to show an image of unity before Washington's annexationist ambition Read

Denmark has something in the fight for Greenland, which the US President should be envious of: a king popular in Greenland. And it is demonstratively playing out the bond.

Danish king arrives in Greenland as Trump eyes Arctic island

NUUK, Greenland — King Frederik X of Denmark arrived in Greenland on Tuesday, kicking off a visit to the semiautonomous territory that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to annex because of its strategic Arctic location. Frederik’s trip to the island’s capital city of Nuuk follows the new Greenlandic prime minister’s visit to Copenhagen earlier this week. Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen accompanied the monarch to Nuuk. The king wore a jacket…

King Frederick X of Denmark arrived in Greenland on Tuesday, starting a visit to the semi-autonomous territory that US President Donald Trump wants to annex due to his strategic location in the Arctic.