Overview
- Norway confirmed a text from President Trump tying his Greenland push to not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, as its prime minister reaffirmed Greenland’s Danish status and noted the prize is awarded by an independent committee.
- Sen. Ed Markey and Reps. Eric Swalwell, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, and Yassamin Ansari publicly pressed for Section 4 to be invoked, with Ansari calling the president extremely mentally ill.
- Legal analysts stress that Section 4 has never been used to depose a president and would also require two‑thirds of both chambers of Congress if contested, making success a long shot.
- The White House has not ruled out using military force to take Greenland, and Trump announced tariffs on multiple European allies starting Feb. 1, rising June 1 unless a deal is reached.
- Republican Rep. Don Bacon said he would lean toward impeachment if the U.S. were to invade Greenland, as European leaders and NATO allies push back and meetings loom in Davos.