Overview
- Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met in Washington with Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenlandic foreign minister Vivian Motzfeldt, after which Copenhagen cited a "fundamental disagreement" with Washington.
- The parties will establish a U.S.–Denmark working group to manage differences over Greenland, with Danish officials describing the meeting as frank but constructive.
- Denmark said it is increasing deployments in and around Greenland with aircraft, ships and troops in coordination with NATO allies, and Danish public TV reported an advance military team arriving in Nuuk.
- Several European partners signaled or began sending personnel, including Sweden and Norway, and France plans to open a consulate in Greenland on February 6.
- President Trump reiterated that placing Greenland under U.S. control is necessary for the Golden Dome missile-defense project and called any other outcome unacceptable, and U.S. senators introduced bipartisan legislation to bar funding for any forcible annexation without allied consent or NATO authorization.