Overview
- Trump told The Atlantic and reporters on Air Force One that the United States "absolutely" needs Greenland for defense and said "we'll worry about Greenland in about two months."
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the idea of U.S. control "absurd" and urged Washington to stop threatening a NATO ally, while Greenland’s Jens-Frederik Nielsen said, "That's enough now," insisting any talks must follow international law.
- EU officials and leaders from the UK and Nordic countries voiced support for Denmark’s territorial integrity, and Frederiksen warned that any U.S. military action against a NATO member would upend the alliance’s security framework.
- A provocative "SOON" post by Katie Miller showing Greenland draped in the U.S. flag and the recent appointment of Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as special envoy—who has endorsed making Greenland part of the U.S.—fueled alarm in Copenhagen and Nuuk.
- Analysts highlighted Greenland’s strategic value, including the U.S. Pituffik base and critical minerals, as the Venezuela operation and rhetoric about Russian and Chinese ships intensified concerns despite no military move against Greenland to date.
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