GREENLAND

Tues, July 7, 2026:

• Trump renews Greenland threats at NATO summit, says U.S. could remove troops from Europe - CNBC

Mon, June 22, 2026:

• Trump Appointee Suggested Seizing Greenland to Help Out Red Lobster - TNR

Mon, May 18, 2026:

• In Closed-Door Talks, U.S. Demands a Major Role in Greenland - NYT

• Greenland says US talks make progress but island is not for sale - Reuters

Sat, March 21, 2026:

• Denmark Was Ready to Blow Up Airfields to Stop a U.S. Invasion of Greenland. The Danes brought blood supplies, explosives and live ammunition to Greenland as part of contingency plans in case President Trump acted on his threats to seize the island. - NYT

Thurs, Jan 30, 2025:

• Rubio cites national security in Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland - Hill

Thurs, Jan 22, 2026:

• The US wants to rewrite its defense agreement with Denmark to remove limits on its military presence in Greenland. The original agreement, signed in 1951 and amended in 2004, requires the US to “consult with and inform” Denmark and Greenland before making significant changes to US military operations or facilities in Greenland. American negotiators want to rework the language to ensure the US faces no restrictions. - Bloomberg

• Trump’s Greenland framework sounds like an already existing 1951 deal - CNN

• President Donald Trump’s Greenland fiasco has done Europe an unintended favor. His erratic bullying has forced European leaders to recognize that they need independence from an unreliable America — and to break with their own moribund economic and security policies. - WP / Ignatius

Wed, Jan 21, 2026:

• Trump’s latest TACO moment puts his increasingly erratic temperament in the spotlight - CNN

• Trump backs down on Greenland: Trump cancels tariff threat over Greenland, says NATO agreed to ‘framework’ of future Arctic deal - AP
  Trump says he has a framework for a Greenland deal as NATO mulls U.S. sovereignty over bases. - NYT

• Inside Trump’s Head-Spinning Greenland U-Turn: President rules out using force to take control of Greenland and calls off promised tariffs on European nations - WSJ
  Europe relieved, but still on edge, after Trump’s Davos speech - Semafor

Tues, Jan 20, 2026:

• Russia Is ‘Without Question’ a Threat in the Arctic, Carney Says - Bloomberg
  Carney stated that Canada has a 365-day air, sea and land presence in the Arctic and is adding to its submarine fleet, air fighter fleet, and building out over-the-horizon radar to protect from Russian missile threats. Carney said security concerns about Greenland and the Arctic can be effectively dealt with through North Atlantic Treaty Organization members, and that measures taken by Nordic countries, the UK, Canada, and other members must be reinforced in a comprehensive way.

• Greenland PM Tells People to Prepare for Possible Invasion - Bloomberg

• Trump hints at alternate tactics to acquire Greenland if courts block his ability to use tariffs - CNN

• Dow tumbles more than 850 points and dollar slides over Greenland and tariff threats - CNN Business

Mon, Jan 19, 2026:

• U.S. President Donald Trump has linked his drive to take control of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he no longer thought “purely of peace” as the row over the island threatened to reignite a trade war with Europe.
  In the midst of the mass uprising in Iran, President Trump vowed the U.S. would intervene if the Iranian government killed protesters. Thousands are dead. - WP

Sun, Jan 18, 2026:
Nuclear-armed North Korea remains arguably the most dangerous and unpredictable threat to the U.S., but the country was not mentioned once in the National Security Strategy released by the White House in December. - WP

• Recall that during his first term, Trump’s comments about Kim Jong Un shifted from open insults and threats of destruction in 2017 to talk of a special friendship by 2018–2019. Publicly, he moved from calling Kim a “madman” and “Rocket Man” to saying they had exchanged “beautiful letters” and that “we fell in love.”

Sat, Jan 17, 2026:

• Trump to Hit European Nations With 10% Tariffs as He Presses for Sale of Greenland. Move risks upending a landmark trade deal the president reached with the European Union last year. WSJ

• America’s hunger for Greenland is tearing NATO apart. Donald Trump could gain an island and lose a continent - The Economist

Fri, Jan 16, 2026:

• Republicans amp up their resistance to Trump’s Greenland push. GOP lawmakers are stepping up their warnings and engaging in diplomacy as the president’s threats escalate. - Politico

• Trump says he could impose tariffs on countries that oppose his goal of acquiring Greenland. Officials from Greenland and Denmark, which controls the semi-autonomous territory, as well as a host of major U.S. allies, have rejected Trump’s push. - NBC News

Thurs, Jan 15, 2026:

• Greenland’s history as a Danish territory and why Trump wants it - Reuters

• Germany will send military personnel to Greenland as European nations respond to US threats over the island. The decision to send personnel highlights the urgency with which European nations seek to ensure security in the region, with other countries including France, Sweden, Norway, and the UK also participating. - Bloomberg

Wed, Jan 14, 2026:

• Vance’s Greenland meeting ends with ‘fundamental disagreement.’ Diplomats from Denmark and Greenland agreed to set up a “high-level working group” after the White House talks, but said there was little consensus so far. - WP

• Why Greenland Matters for a Warming World. The fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet, because as the climate warms, Greenland is losing ice. That has consequences. - NYT

Tues, Jan 13, 2026:

• Greenland or NATO? Trump Can’t Have Both. It isn’t for sale, and the consequences of a military takeover would be dire. - WSJ op-ed

• The European Union can help provide security for Greenland, should Denmark request it, the European Commissioner for Defence and Space said warning that a US military takeover of Greenland would be the end of NATO. - Reuters

Mon, Jan 12, 2026:

• Bipartisan group of lawmakers introduces bill to prevent military action against NATO members. The legislation would prevent the Trump administration from taking action to invade a NATO country or territory, such as Greenland. - Politico

Sun, Jan 11, 2026:

• Greenland’s harsh environment and lack of infrastructure have prevented rare earth mining. - AP

Sat, Jan 10, 2026:

• Greenland’s party leaders firmly reject Trump’s push for US control of the island - AP

• How do you put a price tag on Greenland? How does Denmark rally support for a territory whose population wants independence and whose biggest opposition party wants to negotiate directly with Washington? - Reuters

Thurs, Jan 8, 2026:

• Republican senators are telling senior White House officials, including senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, to “drop” talk of a U.S. takeover of Greenland, possibly with military force, which has driven a wedge between the United States and Denmark, a key NATO ally. - Hill

Wed, Jan 7, 2026:

• Trump airs doubts on NATO’s value as Greenland tensions rise - Bloomberg

Tues, Jan 6, 2026:

• Trump’s Greenland Logic Spells Trouble for Europe and NATO - Bloomberg

Mon, Jan 5, 2026:

• Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland - NYT

• Danish prime minister says Trump attack on Greenland would end NATO - Hill Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned on Monday that the long-standing NATO alliance would end if President Trump ordered an attack on Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

Wed, Dec 24, 2025:

• Trump’s revival of Greenland takeover dismays Denmark (which is a founding member of NATO) - Hill