Overview
- Vice President JD Vance is hosting Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s foreign minister Vivian Motzfeldt with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to address the island’s status and security.
- President Trump repeated that the U.S. will take Greenland “one way or another,” while dismissing knowledge of Prime Minister Jens‑Frederik Nielsen after Nielsen said Greenland would choose Denmark.
- Denmark announced it will continue increasing its military presence in Greenland and will push for more NATO exercises and a larger Alliance role in the Arctic.
- European partners voiced support for Danish sovereignty, with Emmanuel Macron warning of cascading consequences from any breach and a bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation set to visit Copenhagen to show solidarity.
- A Republican lawmaker introduced a bill to annex or admit Greenland as a U.S. state and the White House called control of the territory a priority without a timeline, even as Germany’s foreign minister said a forcible annexation does not appear to be seriously contemplated.