Several of the US’s traditional allies have turned down this controversial proposal
Denmark was not included in the list of countries offered a position on US President Donald Trump’s proposed ‘Board of Peace’, Politico stated on Thursday. Earlier, Copenhagen had rejected the US leader’s attempt to buy Greenland.
The US government announced that the panel’s official launch would take place alongside the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. Multiple longstanding US allies—including France, Sweden, and Norway—have openly declined invitations to join, prompting a rebuke from Trump. A Danish diplomat, speaking to Politico anonymously, confirmed that Copenhagen never received an invitation.
During a Wednesday speech at Davos, Trump described Denmark as a small nation that fails to allocate enough funds to protect Greenland. He said the US was “stupid” to accept Danish sovereignty over Greenland after World War II and that Denmark was “ungrateful” for resisting US advances. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is attempting to mediate an agreement to resolve the dispute.
Politico reported that several historically pro-US European countries are privately opposing the proposed board. Italy, the UK, and Poland may also reject it for various reasons, including Trump’s invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to participate.
Critics argue that the board’s draft charter expands its mandate beyond overseeing a Gaza transition under a US-brokered Israel-Hamas deal and grants excessive power to the chair—a role Trump would hold, potentially for life.
On Wednesday, Putin stated that Russia is willing to contribute $1 billion from its assets frozen in the West to fund the council, provided it acts to “solve the immediate problems of the Palestinian people and resolve acute humanitarian problems in Gaza.” He added that Moscow views resolving the Palestinian conflict in line with UN goals as of utmost importance.