Overview
- Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s foreign minister Vivian Motzfeldt meet Wednesday at the White House with Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio after Copenhagen requested direct talks.
- Rasmussen said the goal is to move the dispute from public sparring into a room for frank discussion, following President Trump’s repeated declarations that the United States will obtain Greenland.
- Trump has escalated rhetoric by saying the U.S. would get Greenland "the hard way" if necessary and by publicly dismissing Greenland’s premier, as the White House shared a provocative image of Trump eyeing a giant map of the island.
- Greenland’s leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen stated the island remains within the Kingdom of Denmark and is not for sale, and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned the toughest phase may lie ahead.
- A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation led by Senator Chris Coons plans to visit Copenhagen this week to underscore ties, while Republican Representative Randy Fine introduced a bill to authorize steps to annex or acquire Greenland and NATO partners discuss bolstering Arctic security.