It comes after the White House confirmed Trump wants to "take over" Greenland - by hook or by crook - by the end of his Presidency
16:51, 07 Jan 2026Updated 16:56, 07 Jan 2026
Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, will meet with representatives from Denmark to discuss Donald Trump's plan to seize Greenland.
"I'll be meeting with them next week," Rubio told reporters this afternoon.
It comes after the White House confirmed Trump wants to "take over" Greenland by the end of his Presidency.
Trump, it's understood, would prefer to simply buy Greenland from Denmark. But if they say no, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, he's ready to use the US military to take it by force.
She said: "President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it's vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region.
"The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilising the US military is always an option at the commander in chief's disposal."
It comes after Trump bristled at European leaders criticising his pursuit of Greenland - with Denmark warning a takeover of its territory could spell the end of the NATO alliance.
In a defensive post on Truth Social, Trump suggested NATO “won’t be there for us” if needed. He did not mention that the only time in history that NATO invoked its collective defence clause was to support the U.S., after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Trump in his post complained that Norway, a NATO member, failed to award him the Nobel prize, and claimed that China and Russia would have “ZERO FEAR OF NATO” without the U.S.
But Trump said, “We will always be there for NATO, even if they won’t be there for us.”