Overview
- Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio meet today in Washington with Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Vivian Motzfeldt for talks on the escalating dispute.
- President Donald Trump declared that U.S. control of Greenland is “vital” for national security and his proposed Golden Dome missile defense, calling anything less “unacceptable” and claiming NATO would be stronger under U.S. control.
- Greenland’s prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Denmark’s leadership reiterated that the island is not for sale and will remain within the Kingdom of Denmark, emphasizing Greenlandic self-determination.
- Denmark is reinforcing its military presence in Greenland and pressing for greater NATO activity in the Arctic, as NATO and Greenland announced plans to deepen defense cooperation this week.
- U.S. senators Jeanne Shaheen and Lisa Murkowski introduced a bipartisan bill to bar Defense and State Department funds for any annexation or seizure of a NATO ally’s territory without that ally’s consent or NATO authorization, while EU leaders voiced support for Danish and Greenlandic sovereignty and France set a February 6 opening for a consulate in Nuuk.