Overview
- Small contingents from France, Germany and Sweden have arrived in Nuuk for Operation Arctic Endurance, a Denmark-led exercise scheduled through Saturday with additional European participants expected.
- President Donald Trump said he could impose tariffs on countries that resist U.S. plans for Greenland and argued the island is needed for national security, citing missile-defense concerns.
- Denmark formally invited the United States to join the drill and will brief NATO leadership, with Secretary-General Mark Rutte set to meet Denmark’s defense minister and Greenland’s foreign minister on Monday.
- European unity remains mixed as Italy and Poland declined to take part, Italy’s leadership urged NATO coordination, Belgium sent a single officer, and Canada deployed planning staff to Nuuk.
- A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation met Danish and Greenlandic leaders to cool tensions, Russia reiterated that Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and EU lawmakers weighed tying a U.S. trade vote to sovereignty assurances.