Overview
- Denmark’s Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Vivian Motzfeldt will meet Wednesday at the White House with U.S. Vice President J. D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- President Donald Trump has renewed claims the U.S. must acquire Greenland, saying it will happen one way or another, as the White House posted a provocative photomontage of Trump eyeing a giant map of the island.
- Greenland’s premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen declared the territory prefers to remain within the Kingdom of Denmark, with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warning the toughest phase may lie ahead.
- European leaders publicly back Danish and Greenlandic sovereignty, while NATO partners discuss boosting Arctic security presence, including a proposed ‘Arctic Sentry’ surveillance mission.
- U.S. politics pulled in opposite directions, with a reported bill from Rep. Randy Fine to authorize annexation steps and a bipartisan congressional delegation set to visit Copenhagen, as reporting indicates a military option has not been explicitly ruled out.