Overview
- A Washington meeting with Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio ended with Denmark and Greenland citing a “fundamental disagreement” and announcing a high‑level working group that is expected to convene within weeks.
- Denmark said it is immediately expanding its military presence in and around Greenland with allied support, and public broadcaster DR reported an advance command and a Danish Army aircraft arriving in Nuuk to prepare logistics.
- France, Germany, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom sent or announced small contingents as a symbolic signal of solidarity with Copenhagen, and Danish and Greenlandic officials plan to discuss Arctic security with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels.
- President Donald Trump reiterated on Truth Social that anything short of U.S. control of Greenland is “unacceptable” and linked the island to his “Golden Dome” missile‑defense project.
- U.S. senators introduced a bipartisan bill to block federal funds for annexing allied territories without consent, and Greenland’s leadership urged internal unity and reaffirmed that the island is not for sale.