Overview
- A 15-person Bundeswehr unit arrived in Nuuk to assess conditions for joint NATO exercises in a Denmark-led reconnaissance effort.
- Norway, Sweden, Finland, the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands also dispatched small teams, while Italy declined and its defense minister called the mission a "joke."
- President Donald Trump reiterated that the United States should control Greenland and warned he may levy tariffs on countries opposing his plan.
- Thousands demonstrated in Copenhagen with protests also planned in Greenland, and a visiting US congressional delegation publicly affirmed that Greenland is part of Denmark.
- Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urged a clear NATO/EU response, Denmark was reported to have a defensive "royal deployment order" in effect, and European officials are weighing contingency options such as limiting US access to certain bases according to reporting.