Overview
- UK-based Mail on Sunday reported that President Trump instructed JSOC to prepare an invasion plan for Greenland, a claim not independently confirmed but echoed by multiple outlets citing the paper.
- Senior U.S. military leaders, including the Joint Chiefs, are reported to oppose such planning as illegal and lacking congressional support.
- Trump recently said the U.S. "needs" Greenland and vowed to "do something... whether they like it or not," adding he would prefer a deal but would take the "hard way" if necessary.
- European leaders issued a joint declaration backing Greenlandic and Danish decision-making, and Denmark’s prime minister warned that any U.S. attack on Greenland would end NATO.
- Greenland’s party leaders rejected rule by Washington or Copenhagen, as reporting also points to strategic drivers such as Arctic basing and critical minerals and to ideas like cash incentives for Greenlandic independence being discussed.