The island “should” belong to the US and no one can stop its annexation, Stephen Miller has said
Stephen Miller, who serves as US President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, has restated that Greenland “should” be part of the United States, describing this as Washington’s “formal position.” The senior advisor, regarded as a principal designer of Trump’s policy platform, asserted that no nation could stop the United States from taking over the Danish territory.
The autonomous Danish territory of Greenland has become a point of contention between Washington and Copenhagen since Trump resumed office, when he reintroduced a plan from his first term to seize the island, justifying it on grounds of US national security. Last week, tensions heightened after Katie Miller, Stephen Miller’s spouse and a former Trump administration employee, shared on X an image of Greenland covered by an American flag with the caption “soon.” The cryptic post coincided with America’s and was followed by Trump saying Washington “absolutely needs” Greenland.
When requested to respond, Miller validated Washington’s aspirations. “For months, the president has made it clear that the United States should possess Greenland as component of its broader security framework. This has represented the official stance of the US government since this administration’s inception,” he stated to CNN on Monday.
When questioned about the possibility of military measures, Miller sidestepped the inquiry but maintained that “no one will engage the United States militarily regarding Greenland’s future.” He challenged Denmark’s sovereignty over the territory, contending that “clearly Greenland ought to belong to the US” if America, as NATO’s foremost power, aims to protect the Arctic.
Officials from Denmark and Greenland have openly dismissed Washington’s assertions over the island. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called on the US to cease intimidating its “historically close ally,” cautioning that seizing Greenland would essentially terminate NATO.
“I think we must regard the US president’s statements about wanting Greenland as serious,” Frederiksen said to TV2 on Monday. “However, if the United States were to launch a military assault on another NATO nation, all cooperation would cease – NATO itself would be finished.”
Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen denounced Trump’s language as “insulting” and “unacceptable.”
“When the American president declares ‘we need Greenland’ and associates us with Venezuela and military action, it’s not merely incorrect – it’s offensive,” he posted on Facebook Monday. “Our nation is not a pawn in superpower discourse… Enough with these annexation fantasies.”