Frozen Assets

America’s top diplomat in Copenhagen has been called to the principal’s foreign secretary’s office.

Acting ambassador to Denmark, Mark Stroh, was summoned on Wednesday over intelligence reports alleging that at least three U.S. citizens in Greenland have been stirring up opposition to Danish governance and promoting secession. 

The U.S. has expressed interest in the Arctic island for its mineral wealth and strategic defense location, and President Trump has proposed annexing it. Spies were reportedly directed to gather intel on the growing independence movement and attitudes toward U.S. involvement—a leak National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard vowed to find and plug.

The State Department said Stroh had a “productive conversation” with the foreign secretary, where he reaffirmed Greenland’s right to self-determination and said Uncle Sam can’t control “private citizens.” The White House said, “The Danes need to calm down.”

Verse to consider whether you’re negotiating with a top diplomat, an uncooperative coworker, or a cranky teenager… “Seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry for help.” 
Psalm 34:14–15 (CSB) (read full passage)