Overview
- A short reconnaissance mission under Denmark’s Arctic Endurance exercise begins Thursday through Saturday, with small Arctic-capable teams deployed to Greenland.
- France has dispatched an initial detachment of cold‑weather troops to Nuuk, and President Emmanuel Macron said additional elements will follow.
- Germany is sending a 13‑member Bundeswehr reconnaissance team, with Sweden and Norway also contributing limited personnel at Denmark’s request.
- Talks at the White House involving Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio ended with a declared “fundamental disagreement,” and a high‑level U.S.–Denmark–Greenland working group is planned.
- Denmark says it is immediately reinforcing its military presence and consulting NATO, as EU leaders back Greenlandic sovereignty and President Trump links control of the island to his ‘Dôme d’Or’ antimissile project.