Overview
- Hours before the meeting, President Trump said NATO should help the U.S. acquire Greenland, called anything short of U.S. ownership unacceptable, and linked the island to a planned Golden Dome missile defense system.
- Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt, with additional briefings scheduled for senators in the Arctic Caucus.
- Denmark began deploying additional aircraft, vessels and troops in and around Greenland with NATO partners, framing the moves as exercises that expand the alliance’s Arctic presence.
- Greenland’s leaders reiterated that the territory is not for sale and said that, if forced to choose, they would remain with Denmark, reflecting vocal opposition from residents in Nuuk.
- European governments restated support for Danish sovereignty as the White House has not ruled out force, and U.S. lawmakers advanced bipartisan proposals to bar any non‑consensual annexation of a NATO ally’s territory.