Overview
- Trump ruled out a lease and said the U.S. would secure Greenland “one way or the other” to prevent a Russian or Chinese takeover.
- He derided the island’s defenses as “two dog sleds” and asserted increased Russian and Chinese naval activity in the Arctic.
- Greenland’s prime minister and party leaders reaffirmed self‑determination, declaring they do not want to become Americans or Danes.
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said a U.S. attack on Danish territory would end the alliance’s postwar security framework, as the Defence Ministry reiterated a directive to open fire on any invader.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio has scheduled talks with Danish and Greenlandic officials, and Germany’s foreign minister plans to raise Arctic security in meetings with him this week.