White House Keeps Military Option on Greenland as Europe Plans Response

Overview

• The White House says President Donald Trump is actively discussing ways to acquire Greenland and that using U.S. forces remains “always an option,” framing the island as a national security priority in the Arctic.
• Leaders of Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom issued a joint declaration asserting Greenland’s future rests with Denmark and Greenland, emphasizing collective NATO security in the region.
• France says it is coordinating a European response in case Washington moves to take control of the island, while Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot cited a call in which Marco Rubio dismissed an invasion as the approach.
• Rubio said he will meet Danish officials next week after Copenhagen and Nuuk requested urgent talks, as Denmark warned that any U.S. attack on allied territory would jeopardize NATO.
• Trump named Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry special envoy to Greenland, senior aide Stephen Miller argued the island should be part of the United States, and polling shows strong Greenlandic opposition to integration.