Overview
- The White House said President Trump is actively discussing buying Greenland as a diplomatic path to control the territory, while stating the use of U.S. forces remains an option.
- Multiple outlets report a Compact of Free Association–style arrangement with Greenland is being studied without Denmark, though no agreement has been finalized.
- Denmark and European leaders issued a firm rejection and Copenhagen increased its military presence on the island, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans talks in Copenhagen.
- U.S. forces seized the Bella 1/Marinera in the North Atlantic under a federal court warrant with U.K. support, prompting Russian naval movements and protests that the action violated maritime law.
- A second tanker, the Sophia, was taken in the Caribbean, while Trump announced plans to obtain and manage 30–50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil as China objected on sovereignty grounds and Chevron dispatched 11 tankers to Venezuelan ports.