Overview
- The president said the United States would take Greenland “the easy way or the hard way,” and the White House confirmed it is examining a purchase on national security grounds.
- Leaders of all five parties in Greenland’s parliament issued a joint statement rejecting any U.S. takeover and affirming that the island’s future must be decided by Greenlanders.
- Denmark and multiple European leaders denounced the threats, and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned that a U.S. attack on Greenland would spell the end of NATO.
- NATO governments discussed increasing presence and surveillance in the High North, including a reported proposal dubbed “Arctic Sentry.”
- Diplomacy is accelerating as Germany’s foreign and finance ministers head to Washington and U.S., Danish and Greenlandic officials prepare talks this week; Reuters reported internal U.S. discussions of one‑time payments to residents, an unconfirmed option.