Overview
- El Mundo, cited by TASS, reports Danish officials told Spain it would be very difficult to stop President Trump’s plans for Greenland and described horror at the prospect of confronting a leading democratic power.
- A Reuters/Ipsos survey found 17% of Americans support efforts to acquire Greenland, 47% oppose and 35% are unsure, based on an online poll of 1,217 adults with a ±3 point margin of error.
- Only 4% of respondents called using military force to take the island a good idea, 71% called it a bad idea, and 66% voiced concern such efforts would harm NATO ties.
- Reports note Denmark has warned that any resort to force over Greenland would spell the end of NATO.
- Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark under a 1951 U.S.-Denmark defense pact, and Trump has repeatedly advocated bringing the island under U.S. control, with aide Steven Miller questioning Denmark’s right to control it.