Overview
- White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said military force remains available to the commander in chief as options are weighed for bringing Greenland under U.S. control.
- Media reports say Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers the administration seeks to buy the island, and that President Trump asked staff for an updated acquisition plan.
- Denmark rejected U.S. claims and threats, and a joint statement by Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Denmark declared that Greenland belongs to its people.
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned that a U.S. attack on a NATO ally would spell the end of the alliance.
- Greenland is largely self-governing but Denmark controls foreign and defense policy under which the U.S. already operates the Pituffik base via a 1951 pact, while polls indicate most Greenlanders oppose U.S. incorporation and some U.S. lawmakers urged respect for Danish sovereignty.