Did Denmark really classify US as a threat?

According to the German news outlet tagesspiegel.de, that’s the case, but I asked Perplexity for more confirmation. Here is what I found:

The phrase making the rounds is partly accurate but also somewhat misleading. Denmark’s military intelligence has, for the first time, described the United States as a potential security risk in its annual threat assessment. However, it still treats Russia and China as the primary threats and continues to regard the U.S. as a close ally.usatoday+3

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What Denmark actually said

Denmark’s Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) 2025 outlook notes that the U.S. is increasingly prioritizing its own interests and is using economic and technological power, including tariff threats, as tools of pressure, even toward allies. The report frames this in the context of “great power competition” and rising uncertainty about the U.S. role as a guarantor of European security, especially around the Arctic and Greenland.bloomberg+6​

“Threat” versus “security risk”

In media coverage and political debate, this has been summarized as Denmark “classifying the USA as a threat.” Still, the report language is more nuanced: it identifies the U.S. as part of the overall “threat picture” or a possible security concern, not as an enemy state on par with Russia or China. The same assessment still highlights Russia’s military posture and China’s economic and technological influence as the main dangers, while the U.S.-related concern is about unpredictability, coercive tools, and pressure on allies under Trump’s current administration.reuters+6​

Political and diplomatic context

The reassessment is closely tied to tensions over Greenland and the broader Arctic, where Washington’s push for control and hints at using economic or even military pressure have alarmed Copenhagen. Danish and international outlets emphasize that this is a historic shift in tone toward a NATO ally, but it does not mean Denmark has “reclassified” its alliance with the U.S.; instead, it is signalling that U.S. behavior itself can generate security risks for Denmark and Europe.razomua+7