Rufus Gifford served as the US Ambassador to Denmark from 2013 to 2017 and later as Chief of Protocol of the United States from 2022 to 2023. During your time in Denmark, what did you learn about the relationship between the United States and Denmark, and how has this relationship been influenced by the new U.S. administration? In addition to McDonald’s, Apple, Starbucks, Netflix, and Tesla, there was something really powerful and basic about that:the idea that the United States stood for something good and powerful. What do you believe motivates his interest in Greenland, and how should Denmark, Greenland, and the rest of Europe respond to this interest? The European bloc may not have the same military power as the United States but [its] economic might is real.