Denmark Passes Bill Allowing US Military Bases on Danish Soil

The move followed President Donald Trump’s interest in acquiring Copenhagen’s Arctic territory of Greenland.

Danish flags on the Christiansborg Palace, which houses the Danish Parliament, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Oct. 6, 2020. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images

Denmark’s parliament passed a bill on Wednesday that allows the United States to station military bases on Danish soil.

The legislation comes in response to President Donald Trump’s stated wish to take control of the Scandinavian nation’s semi-autonomous North American territory, Greenland, something he has previously described as an “absolute necessity.“