Overview
- Trump says the United States will secure control of Greenland "the soft way or the strong way" and casts the effort as necessary to counter Russia and China.
- The White House confirms an active study of a purchase and declines to rule out military options.
- Leaders of all five parties in Greenland’s parliament issue a joint statement rejecting any sale and affirming that only Greenlanders can decide the island’s future.
- European backlash intensifies, with Denmark’s prime minister cautioning that a U.S. attack could mean the end of NATO and France’s foreign minister urging Washington to end "blackmail."
- Diplomatic moves advance, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio due to meet Danish and Greenlandic officials next week and reports naming Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as a presidential emissary on the dossier.