From Washington Examiner: President Donald Trump neither confirmed nor denied whether he intends to use force to bring Greenland, a Danish territory, under U.S. control, a move that would likely blow up NATO.
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Denmark and Greenland’s top diplomats, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, at the White House earlier on Wednesday, as Trump’s comments about acquiring Greenland have spooked European allies.
Trump was asked whether he would be willing to take Greenland by force, a move that would be seen as an attack on Denmark and would violate the group’s Article 5 security guarantee that an attack on one nation is an attack on all nations. The United States is NATO’s largest partner, and without U.S. funding and manpower, the group would largely be rendered ineffective. NATO partners have attempted to placate Trump in the past by increasing defense funding to NATO in an effort to stop the U.S. from leaving the alliance.
“You don’t know what I’m going to do,” Trump said. “I wouldn’t be telling you what I’m willing to do. Certainly, I’m not going to give up options. But it’s very important.”
“Greenland is very important for the national security, including of Denmark,” he said.
Trump said Denmark could not fend for itself against Russian or Chinese aggression. He then dismissed efforts they’ve made to enhance security.
“You know they were talking about they put an extra dog, and they were serious about this, they put an extra dog sled there last month,” Trump said. “They added a second dog sled. That’s not going to do the trick.”
🚨 #BREAKING 🚨
TRUMP ON #GREENLAND 🇬🇱
I can’t rely on Denmark being able to fend themselves off. They were talking about they put a dogsled there.
Reporter: Denmark fought alongside the US in Afghanistan
Trump: Thank you for telling me that. I appreciate it. https://t.co/Kgg4cTf8W3 pic.twitter.com/wWuM1cm0Rb
— Impactful Insights (@ImpactfulIn) January 14, 2026
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