Overview
- Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, President Trump said the objective is to "acquire" Greenland rather than lease access and again framed the move as necessary to counter Russia and China.
- Leaders of all five parties in Greenland's parliament issued a joint statement rejecting any U.S. takeover and affirming that the island’s future must be decided by Greenlanders.
- German ministers Johann Wadephul and Lars Klingbeil are in Washington for talks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, emphasizing that questions of Greenland’s sovereignty belong to Greenland and Denmark.
- NATO members are discussing a surveillance mission known as "Arctic Sentry" to bolster the alliance’s presence in the high north and address security concerns cited by Washington.
- Media accounts describe U.S. contingency inquiries, including possible JSOC planning, though these reports remain unconfirmed and are said to face resistance within the Pentagon, with further U.S., Danish and Greenland meetings with Rubio expected this week.