Overview
- Washington talks involving the U.S., Denmark and Greenland ended without an agreement, with Copenhagen citing a fundamental disagreement and announcing a high‑level working group to meet within weeks.
- Germany will fly 13 Bundeswehr personnel to Nuuk for a Jan. 15–17 reconnaissance, while Denmark has reinforced its forces and Sweden, Norway and France are sending small contingents; Macron said the first French troops are en route under Operation Arctic Endurance.
- President Donald Trump reiterated that anything short of U.S. control of Greenland is “unacceptable,” tying his claim to the proposed Golden Dome missile‑defense system and threats posed by Russia and China.
- The European Parliament condemned efforts to undermine Danish and Greenlandic sovereignty, and a bipartisan U.S. Senate bill seeks to bar annexing a NATO partner’s territory without its consent.
- The United States already operates the Pituffik (Thule) base under Danish agreements, and the new multinational teams are arriving at Denmark’s invitation to scope security needs such as maritime surveillance.