Overview
- President Trump said the United States will secure control of Greenland "whether they like it or not," calling ownership a national security necessity to block China or Russia.
- Greenland’s prime minister and all five party leaders issued a unified rejection, declaring, “We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,” and insisting only Greenlanders decide the island’s future.
- Leaders of Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the U.K. affirmed that matters concerning Greenland are for Denmark and Greenland to decide, and Denmark’s prime minister warned a forceful U.S. move would end NATO.
- The Mail on Sunday reported that Trump asked JSOC to draft an invasion plan, a claim described as facing resistance from the Joint Chiefs over legality and lack of congressional support; these reports rely on unnamed sources and remain unverified.
- U.S., Danish and Greenlandic officials met in Washington and plan more talks next week, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio readies meetings and officials emphasize legal, alliance and congressional constraints despite escalatory rhetoric.