Overview
- Denmark’s and Greenland’s foreign ministers are meeting at the White House with Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to discuss the island’s future.
- Greenland’s prime minister Jens‑Frederik Nielsen declared the territory will not be owned or governed by the United States and affirmed its place within the Kingdom of Denmark.
- Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen said Greenland is not for sale and asserted that NATO must defend it like any other allied territory.
- Defense minister Troels Lund Poulsen announced Denmark will reinforce its forces in Greenland and press for more NATO exercises and presence across the Arctic.
- President Trump has renewed calls for U.S. control of Greenland on strategic grounds and has suggested force as a possibility, drawing rebukes from Copenhagen and Nuuk.