Overview
- Hours before the meeting, Trump said NATO should help the United States obtain Greenland and declared any outcome short of U.S. control "unacceptable."
- Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Vivian Motzfeldt are meeting Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington to press sovereignty and seek clarity on U.S. intentions.
- Danish public broadcaster DR reported that Copenhagen has sent an advance military command to Greenland to prepare for additional forces, complementing broader Arctic spending and a stated push for greater NATO presence.
- Nordic and European leaders reaffirmed that decisions about Greenland rest with Denmark and Greenland, with France preparing to open a consulate in Nuuk on February 6 as a signal of support.
- In Washington, a bipartisan Senate bill would bar Defense and State Department funds for any annexation of a NATO ally’s territory, even as news reports say the White House has not ruled out using force.