Overview
- Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said acquiring Greenland is a U.S. national security priority and that options under discussion include a purchase, a free-association model, and use of military force.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed he will meet Danish representatives next week, while privately signaling the administration prefers a purchase over any use of force, according to lawmakers briefed on the matter.
- Greenland’s government and Denmark reiterated the island is not for sale, and a joint message from leaders of the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Spain affirmed that Greenland’s future rests with its people.
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned that any U.S. military move against Greenland would effectively end the NATO alliance, a point echoed by bipartisan voices in the U.S. Senate urging respect for Danish sovereignty.
- White House adviser Stephen Miller called it the formal U.S. position that Greenland should be part of the United States, sharpening transatlantic tensions following the recent U.S. operation in Venezuela, even as no action against Greenland has occurred and the U.S. already operates at Pituffik Space Base.