Overview
- Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Denmark’s Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Vivian Motzfeldt at the White House after President Trump again demanded U.S. control of the island and urged NATO to facilitate it.
- Rasmussen said a fundamental disagreement remains and announced a working group tasked with addressing U.S. security concerns while upholding Denmark’s red lines and Greenland’s right to decide its future.
- Denmark began an immediate increase in military activity in and around Greenland with allied aircraft, vessels and troops, as Sweden, Norway and Germany confirmed personnel deployments linked to Danish exercises.
- The White House has not ruled out using force to seize the territory, while Danish and European leaders warned such a move would imperil NATO and voiced support for Copenhagen and Nuuk.
- U.S. lawmakers advanced bipartisan measures to block any non‑consensual annexation of a NATO ally’s territory, and congressional delegations are engaging Danish and Greenlandic officials this week.