Overview
- Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Vivian Motzfeldt meet Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House on Wednesday after requesting direct talks.
- Vance asked to attend and will host at the White House, signaling the administration’s high-level engagement in the dispute.
- Trump has declared the U.S. should acquire Greenland, calling it a national-security priority, while Rubio told lawmakers the preference is a purchase rather than the use of force.
- Greenland’s leadership rejects U.S. control, with Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen affirming the island would choose Denmark and is not for sale.
- Senators Lisa Murkowski and Jeanne Shaheen filed a bill to prohibit annexing or occupying a NATO ally’s territory without consent, as allies discuss an "Arctic Sentry" NATO surveillance mission to bolster Arctic security.