Denmark summons U.S. diplomat over Greenland influence claims

Denmark summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen on Wednesday after Danish public broadcaster DR reported that at least three U.S. citizens with ties to President Donald Trump had conducted covert influence operations in Greenland, Copenhagen’s Foreign Ministry said. The summons followed allegations that the individuals compiled lists of Greenlanders favorable and hostile to U.S. interests, cultivated local contacts and sought to promote narratives that would weaken ties between Greenland and Denmark.

DR said its reporting was based on interviews with eight unnamed government, security and local sources and that its findings included claims one operative compiled names of U.S. friendly Greenlanders and people opposed to Trump, while urging locals to point out cases that could cast Denmark in a negative light in American media. Other reported activities included attempts to nurture contacts with politicians, businesspeople and community members. DR said it could not determine whether the Americans acted on their own or on instructions from others and declined to publish the names it said it had learned.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in a statement that any...