Overview
- Denmark’s Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Vivian Motzfeldt meet Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House today at 10:30 a.m. local time.
- President Trump has reiterated that the United States aims to acquire Greenland, calling it a national security priority and saying a purchase is preferred while not explicitly ruling out force.
- Greenland’s premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen reject any transfer, stressing that the island is not for sale and affirming choice for Denmark.
- Senators Lisa Murkowski and Jeanne Shaheen introduced a bipartisan bill to prohibit annexing, occupying, or otherwise controlling the territory of a NATO ally, with a similar House measure also filed.
- Allies discuss bolstering Arctic security, including a proposed NATO ‘Arctic Sentry’ surveillance mission, as the U.S. continues operations at Greenland’s Pituffik Space Base under existing accords.