Overview
- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president has actively discussed acquiring Greenland, including a potential purchase, while not ruling out use of the U.S. military.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he will meet Danish representatives next week after Copenhagen and Nuuk requested urgent talks.
- Denmark and Greenland rejected any sale or seizure, with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warning that an attack on a NATO ally would effectively end the alliance.
- Leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain backed Denmark in a joint statement asserting that Greenland belongs to its people.
- Bipartisan critics in Washington pressed back, with senators Jeanne Shaheen and Thom Tillis condemning coercion and Senator Ruben Gallego proposing to bar funding for hostilities against Greenland.