Overview

• A Wall Street Journal report disclosed that U.S. intelligence agencies received a classified directive to gather information on Greenland’s independence movement and attitudes toward American resource extraction.
• Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced plans to summon the U.S. acting ambassador, calling the alleged spying on allies 'very worrying' and emphasizing that 'friends do not spy on each other.'
• President Trump reiterated his desire to acquire Greenland, citing its strategic importance and mineral wealth, and has not ruled out using military force to achieve this goal.
• Greenland’s government and Denmark firmly oppose U.S. annexation efforts, with Greenlandic leaders emphasizing their commitment to eventual independence on their own terms.
• Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard criticized the leak of the classified directive, accusing the media of undermining national security and aiding 'deep state actors.'