Overview
- President Donald Trump pulled back from threats to seize Greenland and shelved tariff plans after Davos, citing an undefined framework for talks.
- At the Élysée, Emmanuel Macron called the episode a strategic wake-up call, pledged support for Denmark and Greenland’s sovereignty, and said Greenland is not for sale.
- France’s Charles de Gaulle carrier group is heading into the North Atlantic for allied exercises, following small symbolic European troop deployments to Greenland earlier this month.
- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged a more European NATO, while Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Europe still depends on U.S. capabilities and would need far higher spending to replace them.
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen pressed for immediate rearmament to reduce reliance on Washington, and U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Lisa Murkowski urged passage of the NATO Unity Protection Act to bar funding for coercive control of allied territory.