Overview
- At the Munich Security Conference, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Jens‑Frederik Nielsen, with all sides calling the discussion constructive and confirming the trilateral working group will keep negotiating.
- Frederiksen said President Trump still desires to own Greenland and cautioned that the dispute is not over, underscoring that Greenlanders have rejected becoming Americans.
- An AP‑NORC survey conducted Feb. 5–8 found about seven in ten U.S. adults disapprove of Trump’s handling of Greenland, including roughly half of Republicans.
- Republican divisions broke into the open as Lindsey Graham said “who gives a s—t who owns Greenland,” prompting Thom Tillis to counter that Greenland’s Indigenous people care and deserve respect.
- NATO partners advanced Arctic security steps, with Sweden sending Gripen jets for patrols under a new mission, as Trump stated the United States is “negotiating right now” over Greenland.