Overview
- Norway confirmed receiving an authenticated message in which President Trump linked his Nobel Peace Prize disappointment to no longer thinking "only about peace" and insisted the United States must gain "total and absolute control" of Greenland while questioning Denmark’s ownership.
- Trump threatened to add 10% duties on imports from eight European countries, including Denmark, Germany, France and the UK, if they oppose his push, with some reports indicating the measures could begin on 1 February.
- Denmark and Greenland, working with NATO partners, have increased military presence and training in the Arctic, and Danish and Greenlandic officials were set to meet NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
- European officials, led by Germany’s Lars Klingbeil and France’s Roland Lescure, said coordinated countermeasures are being prepared, with options ranging from tariffs on up to €93 billion of U.S. goods to activating the EU anti‑coercion tool and freezing a pending trade accord.
- Fact‑checkers rebutted Trump’s claim that no written documents support Danish sovereignty over Greenland, citing the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, a 1916 U.S. acknowledgment, and a 1933 international court ruling, as Norway publicly reaffirmed support for the Kingdom of Denmark.