President Donald Trump doubled down on his pressure campaign for the annexation of Greenland, arguing there’s “no going back” on his ambitions despite the global backlash.
After Monday saw several world leaders denounce the President’s threat to tariff European allies until Denmark agrees to sell the island to the U.S., Trump said he had shared a “very good” call with NATO chief Mark Rutte and unveiled plans for an upcoming meeting to discuss the escalating row.
“I agreed to a meeting of the various parties in Davos, Switzerland. As I expressed to everyone, very plainly, Greenland is imperative for national and world security. There can be no going back—on that, everyone agrees,” claimed Trump, adding that the U.S. is the “only power that can ensure peace throughout the world—and it is done, quite simply, through strength.”
Further details of the upcoming meeting were not provided, although Trump is due to deliver a speech at the 2026 World Economic Forum at Davos-Klosters on Wednesday.
Greenland and Denmark have both repeatedly said that the Arctic island is not for sale, with Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen stating last week: “If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark.” Yet Trump has shown no signs of retreating and, in a move that has concerned leaders across the globe, the White House has refused to rule out using military force to annex the territory.
Greenland’s positioning between the U.S., Russia, and Europe makes it a strong geopolitical asset, and Trump has argued that Denmark cannot be relied upon to protect the island from Russian and Chinese interests.
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