COPENHAGEN: Denmark on Sunday (Jan 4) made its displeasure recognized after the spouse of President Donald Trump’s most influential aide posted a social media image of Greenland painted within the colors of the US flag.
Katie Miller – spouse of Trump’s deputy chief of workers Stephen Miller – put the contentiously altered picture of the Danish autonomous territory on her X feed late on Saturday, after the US military operation against Venezuela.
Her publish had a single phrase above it: “SOON”.
Denmark’s ambassador to the US, Jesper Moeller Soerensen, reacted on Sunday along with his personal publish saying “we anticipate full respect for the territorial integrity” of Denmark, above a hyperlink to Katie Miller’s picture.
Trump has repeatedly made clear that he desires Greenland to become an annexed part of the USA.
Strikes edging in direction of that aim by his authorities – together with his appointment of an envoy to the Danish territory – have drawn the ire of each Copenhagen and the European Union.
Stephen Miller is extensively seen because the architect of a lot of Trump’s insurance policies, guiding the president on his hardline immigration insurance policies and home agenda.
America’s European allies have been rattled by Trump sending in his army on Saturday to assault Caracas and seize Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, who’s now being held by US authorities in New York.
Trump has stated the USA will now “run” Venezuela indefinitely and faucet its large oil reserves.
In Greenland’s case, Trump has claimed that making the Danish territory a part of the USA would serve US nationwide safety pursuits, given its strategic location within the Arctic. Greenland can also be wealthy in key important minerals utilized in high-tech sectors.
Denmark’s ambassador gave a pointed “pleasant reminder” in response to Katie Miller’s publish that his nation – a NATO member – has “considerably boosted its Arctic safety efforts” and labored along with the US on that.
“We’re shut allies and will proceed to work collectively as such,” Soerensen wrote.
Katie Miller was deputy press secretary beneath Trump on the Division of Homeland Safety throughout his first time period.
She later labored as communications director for then-vice president Mike Pence and in addition acted as his press secretary.
