Danish military patrolling waters around Greenland, AP explains

Описание: (17 Jan 2026)
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Nuuk, Greenland - 17 January 2026
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Emma Burrows, The Associated Press:
“We’re on board a Danish naval ship which patrols the coast of Greenland, looking for suspicious activity – including foreign vessels. President Donald Trump has suggested the waters around Greenland are full of Russian and Chinese ships. But we have spoken to plenty of people here who say they have never seen them, as well as the experts and officials who say that claim is false."

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Nuuk, Greenland - 15 January 2026
2. Various of ship patrolling

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Nuuk, Greenland - 17 January 2026
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Emma Burrows, The Associated Press:
"Denmark and some of its NATO allies have scrambled to send personnel here at a time when Trump is insisting the U.S. must own this Arctic island. The Danes say the exercises are regular, and a NATO military official told AP the troop deployment bolsters the alliance’s collective defenses here in the Arctic. But the U.S. is the most powerful member of NATO, and that’s partly why this crisis is so difficult to navigate. By threatening Greenland and Denmark, Donald Trump is pitting himself against America’s NATO allies.”
4. Burrows talking to military official
5. Man putting Danish flag on boat
STORYLINE:
Danish Royal Navy ships patrolled the coast of Greenland on Saturday looking for foreign vessels, after comments from U.S. President Donald Trump warning of Russian and Chinese ships' presence in the waters nearby.

In his 2½ years as a commander in Greenland, Danish Maj. Gen. Søren Andersen, leader of the Joint Arctic Command said that he hasn't seen any Chinese or Russian combat vessels or warships, despite Trump saying that they were off the island's coast.

The Danish military organized a planning meeting Friday in Greenland with NATO allies, including the U.S., to discuss Arctic security on the alliance’s northern flank in the face of a potential Russian threat.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland.

Trump said in a social media post that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland would face the tariff and that it would climb to 25% on June 1 if a deal is not in place for “the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland” by the United States.

The threat of tariffs was a drastic and potentially dangerous escalation of a showdown between Trump and NATO allies, further straining an alliance that dates to 1949 and provides a collective degree of security to Europe and North America.

Resistance has steadily built in Europe to Trump's ambitions, even as several countries on the continent agreed to his 15% tariffs last year in order to preserve an economic and security relationship with Washington.

Earlier Saturday, hundreds of people in Greenland's capital braved near-freezing temperatures, rain and icy streets to march in a rally in support of their own self-governance.

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