Overview
- In a Truth Social post, President Trump said the United States "needs Greenland for reasons of national security."
- He called the island vital to the planned Golden Dome space‑based defense system and urged NATO to "lead the way."
- Trump argued that Russia or China would take control if Washington did not act.
- Denmark and Greenland rejected any U.S. takeover as Vice President JD Vance prepared to join a late‑afternoon meeting with their foreign ministers.
- Germany's defense minister, Boris Pistorius, warned that unilateral action would endanger NATO and called for a united signal at July's Ankara summit.