Overview
- Speaking to reporters, Trump said the United States needs Greenland for national security rather than for its natural resources and asserted the country already has ample oil.
- Trump appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as special representative on Greenland, and Landry said he would pursue making the island part of the United States while remaining governor in an unpaid envoy role.
- Denmark summoned the U.S. ambassador as Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said he was deeply outraged and called for respect for Danish sovereignty.
- European Union leaders and several member states expressed full solidarity with Denmark and Greenland and reaffirmed support for territorial integrity.
- Greenlandic and Danish leaders rejected any transfer of sovereignty, noting existing defense arrangements that include U.S. facilities in Greenland under the longstanding alliance.