Overview
- Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are hosting the White House meeting requested by the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers.
- President Donald Trump has escalated his stance in recent days, saying the United States would take Greenland “one way or another” and citing concerns about Russian and Chinese influence in the Arctic.
- Greenland’s prime minister said the population chooses Denmark and rejects becoming U.S. property, governance, or territory.
- Norway and Sweden publicly affirmed that decisions about Greenland belong solely to Denmark and Greenland, voicing support for Danish authority.
- NATO and Greenland announced plans to deepen defense cooperation, while Denmark highlighted roughly 90 billion kroner in Arctic military investments and set talks with NATO’s secretary general.