Overview
- President Donald Trump reiterated that the United States should take Greenland, warning Russia or China would do so otherwise, and he mocked the island’s defenses as “two dog sleds.”
- Scandinavian diplomats with access to NATO briefings disputed assertions of recent Russian or Chinese naval activity near Greenland, challenging the security rationale cited by Washington.
- Bloomberg reported the UK and Germany are considering sending additional forces to the Arctic, with Berlin preparing to propose a combined NATO mission focused on Greenland’s security.
- Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken publicly urged a NATO military operation near Greenland as a show of force.
- Politico reported that some European officials may weigh accepting an expanded U.S. role on the island as part of wider deals linked to support for Ukraine, while Greenland’s Pele Broberg urged a new U.S.–Greenland defense agreement and Danish MP Rasmus Jarlov warned annexation would imperil NATO.