Overview
- Greenland’s prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said the island would choose Denmark over joining the United States and insisted Greenland is not for sale.
- The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland are scheduled to meet Wednesday at the White House with Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- NATO and Greenland announced plans to deepen cooperation on the island’s defense, while Denmark cites major new Arctic investments and prepares talks with NATO chief Mark Rutte.
- President Donald Trump said the United States would take Greenland “one way or another,” arguing the move is necessary to counter Russian and Chinese influence in the Arctic.
- Greenland remains an autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark under a 1951 defense pact updated in 2004 that grants broad U.S. military access, and its largely untapped mineral resources sustain strategic interest.