Nervous game on the edge: Frederiksen laid Trump on his shoulder blades in the battle for Greenland

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stood between Donald Trump and Greenland and won. It is reported by The New York Times.

"Mette Frederiksen has never tolerated bullies. When she was in high school, Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen confronted a group of skinheads for teasing immigrants. It didn't go very well. She was hit in the face. But this week she dodged a strong blow. After growing threats from President Trump over the seizure of Greenland, a huge overseas territory of Denmark, Trump seems to have finally retreated," the newspaper writes.

It is noted that at the International Economic Forum in Davos, Trump said he would not use force to seize Greenland. Later, the American president said that he and NATO leaders had developed a "framework for a future agreement" acceptable to all.

Of course, the newspaper notes, there were other factors that influenced Trump's decision to abandon his decision, in particular the growing resistance in However, "there is no doubt that Frederiksen's carefully thought-out defense helped prevent Trump from getting what he really wanted." "For months, Frederiksen has been playing a nervous game on the edge with Trump, and it seems that she has won — so far," the authors claim.

According to them, the courageous Frederiksen is now "trying to figure out how to make it clear to the unpredictable Trump that the answer to his demand that the United States get Greenland is a categorical "no" without bringing him to the threat of taking it away again." She has even "expressed her resistance to one of the compromises that Trump apparently considered - the establishment of American sovereignty over military bases in Greenland." The heroic Frederiksen called sovereignty a "red line".

According to the newspaper, the rapid events of this week demonstrated the "tactical skills" of the Danish prime minister. She moved troops from her own "coalition of the willing," including Britain, Germany, France and Iceland, to Greenland, called on Europe to stand up for Denmark and resisted Trump's threats to impose tariffs.

"Up to this point, many Danes have come to terms with the fact that their country will not be able to do much if Trump really takes over the island. Frederiksen's risky strategy of attracting foreign military and law enforcement officers, albeit a small contingent of several dozen people who formally participated in the Arctic exercises, was a signal that any military action by Trump "would be very aggressive and unsightly," said Danish political commentator Bent Winter," the newspaper notes.

The message was that "if you're going to take Greenland by force, you're going to have to put handcuffs on British, French and German officers," Winter explained Frederiksen's idea, adding that, apparently, "it was part of the game."