Overview
- Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, President Trump said the U.S. would acquire Greenland regardless of objections, warned Russia or China would take it otherwise, and dismissed NATO fallout by saying the alliance needs Washington more.
- Greenland’s leaders and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen rejected any transfer of sovereignty, with Frederiksen warning a U.S. attack on Danish territory would upend NATO and Greenlandic parties insisting their future is for Greenlanders to decide.
- European allies are developing options to bolster Arctic security, with Germany discussing a proposed NATO mission dubbed Arctic Sentry and the UK consulting partners on potential exercises, intelligence sharing, targeted spending, or deployments near Greenland.
- Media reports say Trump asked U.S. special operations commanders to draw up contingency plans for a possible Greenland invasion, a claim not independently verified and viewed skeptically by some senior military figures over legality and feasibility.
- U.S. and Danish officials are expected to meet this week to discuss the crisis, while Denmark and independent tracking data dispute Trump’s assertions of significant Russian or Chinese naval activity near Greenland.