Overview
- Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio host Denmark’s Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Vivian Motzfeldt in Washington to seek a diplomatic de-escalation.
- Trump asserts on Truth Social that NATO would be “far more effective” with Greenland under U.S. control and calls the island vital to his proposed “Golden Dome” missile-defense concept.
- Denmark is sending military reinforcements to Greenland while NATO and Greenland move to deepen defense cooperation to deter external pressure.
- EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen affirms that decisions about the island rest with Copenhagen and Nuuk, as France announces a consulate in Nuuk opening on February 6.
- Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Lisa Murkowski introduce bipartisan legislation to bar Defense and State Department funds from being used to annex or take control of Greenland without ally consent.