January 21, 2026, 12:59 p.mJanuary 21, 2026, 12:59 p.m
Several US governors have expressed concern about Donald Trump’s claims to ownership of Greenland.
“The president’s actions in Greenland are completely stupid,” said the Democratic governor of the state of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos. Within a year, President Trump transformed the USA from leader of the free world to a “schoolyard bully”. The Americans are against taking over Greenland.
Gretchen Whitmer, Democratic governor of the state of Michigan, was also concerned about the foreign policy course of the United States. “We are only in the first year of a four-year term, and the extent of the damage caused will continue to weigh on us for a very long time,” she said.
Gretchen Whitmer is the Democratic governor of the state of Michigan.Image: keystone
Even the Republican governor of the state of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, admitted: “The thing with Greenland is a bit strange, because we can already build military bases in Greenland.”
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt.Image: keystone
Trump establishes Greenland claim with certainty
Trump had recently made it clear again and again that he wanted to take over the island of Greenland, which belongs to Denmark. It is “critically important” to international security and US national security. He wants to get Denmark to sell the Arctic island to the USA. Germany and other countries then sent soldiers on an exploratory mission to Greenland as a sign of solidarity with Denmark.
The Republican then announced on Saturday that he would impose punitive tariffs on goods from Germany and other European NATO countries from February 1st. In doing so, he wants to break resistance to selling Greenland to the USA. The EU heads of state and government want to defend themselves against this – on Thursday they want to discuss possible countermeasures in Brussels. Trump is expected in Davos this Wednesday, where he wants to give a speech. (sda/dpa)
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