Reuters. U.S. President Donald Trump said early on Tuesday (January 20) he had a "very good" telephone call with Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO concerning Greenland.
"Greenland is imperative for National and World Security. There can be no going back-On that, everyone agrees!" he said in a post on Truth Social.
Trump's post went online just moments after he boarded Air Force One to return to Washington after attending a college football game in Florida on Monday (January 19).
Trump had said to media on the tarmac of Palm Beach International Airport that the United States would talk about acquiring Greenland at this week's Davos World Economic Forum because Denmark cannot protect the territory.
Danish soldiers arrived as part of the Arctic Endurance military exercise in Greenland's Kangerlussuaq on Monday evening (January 19), as U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his push to wrest sovereignty over the Arctic island from fellow NATO member Denmark.
The dispute threatens to upend the NATO alliance that has underpinned Western security for decades and which was already under strain over the war in Ukraine and Trump's refusal to protect allies unless they increase defence spending.
Trump's threat has rattled European industry and sent shockwaves through financial markets.
Investors fear a return to the volatility of 2025's trade war, which only eased when the sides reached tariff deals in the middle of the year.
Trump vowed on Saturday (January 17) to implement a wave of increasing tariffs from February 1 on EU members Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland, along with Britain and Norway, until the U.S. is allowed to buy Greenland, home to only 57,000 people.
