A Danish politician shocked television viewers when he suggested a senior White House official had the ‘mentality of a rapist’.
Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov told MS NOW that Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, should be ‘kept away’ from young women after suggesting Greenland ‘failed’ tests.
Miller previously said on Fox News: ‘Denmark cannot defend Greenland. They cannot control the territory of Greenland. Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years.
‘To control a territory, you have to be able to defend a territory, improve a territory, and inhabit a territory. Denmark has failed on every single one of these tests.’
Jarlov responded: ‘I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying.’
He also pointed out that the US has recognised Denmark’s authority over Greenland, citing several treaties.
Jarlov continued: ‘This is a new position from the American government, and we have to be able to trust the promises, the words and the alliances that we make with the Americans, because otherwise it’s not worth anything, being an ally of the Americans.
‘And I think it’s very crucial that we stay together because our alliance, our partnership, has kept us safe.’
The US stance on Greenland has become more precarious in recent weeks, as the Trump administration pushes to take over the region for ‘security’ from Russia and China.
Trump has made no secret of his desire to get his hands on the mineral and oil-rich island, which is a self-governing Danish territory.
Greenland’s PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen also labelled Trump’s comments ‘disrespectful’.
He added: ‘When the President of the United States says that “we need Greenland” and links us to Venezuela and military intervention, it’s not just wrong. It’s disrespectful.’
To add fuel to the fire, a former Trump administration official, Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, posted a map of Greenland in the colours of the US flag, with the caption: ‘SOON.’
Why does Trump want Greenland?
Although the world’s largest island is home to just 57,000 people, mostly the indigenous Inuit, its natural resources and geographic position make it increasingly alluring for global powers.
‘I think Greenland is going to be something that maybe is in our future,’ Trump recently said. He has refused to rule out using military force.
Trump has been eyeing up the island since 2019, but he’s not the first US President to want it.
The United States tried to buy it in 1846, and again in 1946 – that time for a price equivalent to £970million in modern value – when the Cold War was gathering pace.
Both times, they were knocked back, but Greenland was seen as having such strategic importance in countering the Soviet Union that the US kept a military presence there anyway.
With Denmark’s agreement, the US operate Thule Air Base to be capable of sending American bombers across the Arctic to strike the Soviet Union and detecting missiles coming the other way.
There was another base, a secret one, buried in a glacier 150 miles away.
Supposedly a research facility, Camp Century was actually supposed to house nuclear weapons able to launch through the ice sheet.
While Thule still exists – albeit now called Pituffik Space Base – the fact that Camp Century was lost 100 feet below the surface, until a team of NASA scientists found it again last year, says something about changing international relations.
Meanwhile, tensions with Russia are higher than at any time since the Cold War, and China – the USA’s new main rival – is seeking to invest in Greenland too.
JD Vance has previously said: ‘A lot of other countries have threatened Greenland, have threatened to use its territories and waterways to threaten the United States, to threaten Canada and of course to threaten the people of Greenland.
‘Unfortunately, leaders in both America and in Denmark, I think, ignored Greenland for far too long.
‘That’s been bad for Greenland; it’s also been bad for the security of the entire world.’
