Overview
- Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are meeting Denmark’s Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Vivian Motzfeldt at the White House to address the dispute.
- On Wednesday, Trump said NATO should help put Greenland in U.S. hands and warned that “anything less” is unacceptable, later calling PM Jens‑Frederik Nielsen’s refusal “a big problem for him.”
- Greenland’s leader reaffirmed that the island chooses Denmark and will not be owned or governed by the United States, as Danish leaders condemned what they called unacceptable pressure.
- European and U.S. pushback intensified, with France set to open a consulate in Greenland and lawmakers in both chambers proposing bipartisan bills to block any unilateral annexation of a NATO ally.
- Residents in Nuuk voiced opposition and anxiety, while Denmark pointed to expanded Arctic defense efforts and the long‑standing U.S. presence at Pituffik under existing agreements.