Denmark summons U.S. envoy over claims of interference in Greenland

The Associated Press

August 28, 2025 / 2:24 am

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark's foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland .

In a lengthy written statement, the U.S. State Department confirmed that the deputy chief of mission in Copenhagen, Mark Stroh, had met with Danish foreign ministry officials. It declined to comment "on the actions of private U.S. citizens in Greenland."

"The U.S. government does not control or direct the actions of private citizens," it said.

The department said Stroh had "

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