Overview
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Xinhua that President Trump is evaluating a series of options to purchase Greenland.
- Leavitt said the goal is a national‑security priority intended to deter adversaries in the Arctic.
- She added that the use of the U.S. military is always an option available to the commander in chief.
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned that a U.S. military attack on a NATO member would end NATO and the post‑World War II security order.
- Leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Denmark issued a joint statement affirming that decisions about Greenland belong only to Denmark and Greenland, underscoring a diplomatic standoff with no transfer of control or military action to date.