Overview
- Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers met Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, agreeing to form a working group as Denmark said the U.S. push for control remains unacceptable.
- President Trump declared U.S. ownership of Greenland “vital” and said NATO should help secure it, calling anything less “unacceptable,” and warned Greenland’s prime minister his stance would be “a big problem.”
- Denmark announced an immediate increase in military presence and exercises in and around Greenland with NATO partners, with Sweden and Norway confirming initial deployments to support Danish-led activities.
- European leaders voiced support for Danish and Greenlandic sovereignty, with EU officials reinforcing that Greenlanders decide their future and France planning to open a consulate in Nuuk on February 6.
- The White House has not ruled out military options, while U.S. lawmakers advanced bipartisan proposals to block funding for any non‑consensual annexation of a NATO ally’s territory.