Overview
- Multiple outlets citing the Daily Mail report that President Trump directed Joint Special Operations Command to prepare contingency invasion plans for Greenland.
- Senior military leaders, including members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are reportedly resisting, arguing an attack would be unlawful without congressional authorization.
- Trump has publicly warned the United States will act on Greenland “the easy way” or “the hard way,” and the White House has said military options are under consideration.
- Greenland’s prime minister and all major party leaders issued a joint statement rejecting any U.S. takeover, declaring, “We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders.”
- Danish and European leaders have rebuked coercive moves, with Denmark’s prime minister warning an attack would end NATO, as U.S. diplomatic contacts continue and Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares talks with Danish officials.