Overview
- At a White House event, President Trump said he may impose tariffs on countries that do not “go along with Greenland,” calling U.S. control a national security need and declining to rule out force.
- Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers said Washington talks left a fundamental disagreement unresolved, though all sides agreed to a working group meeting every two to three weeks.
- An 11-member bipartisan U.S. delegation met Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Jens-Frederik Nielsen, stressing alliance ties and seeking to lower tensions.
- European partners, including France, Germany, the U.K., Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Netherlands, sent small contingents to Greenland at Denmark’s request for reconnaissance and exercises to signal support for Danish sovereignty.
- Bipartisan lawmakers are pursuing legislation to block any non‑consensual annexation, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows only 17% of Americans support acquiring Greenland, and large protests are planned Saturday in Danish cities and Nuuk.