Summary
Danish King Frederik has redesigned the royal coat of arms to prominently feature symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, replacing the historical three crowns, in an apparent rebuke to Donald Trump’s renewed interest in buying Greenland.
The change underscores Denmark’s commitment to maintaining its territorial integrity.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede firmly rejected Trump’s suggestion, declaring, “Greenland is ours.”
This marks the fourth revision of Denmark’s coat of arms since 1819 and highlights Greenland’s century-long political and cultural ties to Denmark despite U.S. military presence on the island.
Under Danish law Greenland does have the right to unilaterally declare independence. Seriously doubt that Greenland would bend the knee to the US, though, from political reasons (the Greenland right is to the left of the US Overton window) to, well, as a US state they wouldn’t have the right to declare independence. Joining Canada would be thinkable, the EU pretty much infinitely more likely.