Overview
- Hours before White House talks, President Trump said the United States "needs" Greenland for national security and called control "vital" for the planned Golden Dome missile-defense system.
- Trump urged NATO to "pave the way" for U.S. control and warned that Russia or China would take the island if Washington does not act.
- Denmark announced an immediate increase in exercises and deployments in and around Greenland, coordinating aircraft, ships and troops with NATO allies.
- Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenlandic minister Vivian Motzfeldt met in Washington with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, with Vice President J.D. Vance joining the session and raising concerns over a hardline tone.
- Senators Lisa Murkowski and Jeanne Shaheen introduced the NATO Unity Protection Act to bar use of funds for annexing or controlling a NATO member’s territory, and France said it will open a consulate in Greenland on February 6 as a show of support.