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Overview
- President Trump warned he could levy tariffs on countries that oppose U.S. plans for Greenland, calling the island vital to national security and offering no details on how such tariffs would work.
- An 11-member bipartisan congressional delegation led by Sen. Chris Coons met Danish and Greenlandic leaders in Copenhagen to signal support for allies and to cool tensions.
- After White House talks with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Denmark and Greenland reiterated sovereignty red lines, and all sides set up a working group to meet in the coming weeks.
- Several European countries have sent small military teams to Greenland for assessments and training, and Russia’s embassy in Belgium accused NATO of driving militarization in the North.
- A Reuters/Ipsos poll released recently found only about 17% of Americans support acquiring Greenland, with strong opposition to using force.