Overview
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he will meet Danish representatives next week after Denmark’s Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Vivian Motzfeldt formally requested talks.
- The White House has stated the United States is considering a range of approaches to Greenland, including possible use of armed forces, as press secretary Caroline Levitt emphasized diplomacy remains the first option.
- Rubio told reporters that every president retains the option to use military force but that Washington prefers to resolve the issue through other means.
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen urged the U.S. to stop threatening a seizure of Greenland and warned that any invasion would spell the end of NATO, with European leaders voicing support for Danish and Greenlandic sovereignty.
- Bloomberg reports U.S. officials are exploring business deals in areas such as rare-earth mining and hydropower to deepen ties with Greenland, while its sources say military action is not being seriously weighed.