Claims
Greenland Gov“The United States has once again reiterated its desire to take over Greenland. This is something that the governing coalition in Greenland cannot accept under any circumstance.”Jan 12, 2026
Jens-Frederik Nielsen“Greenland does not want to be governed by the United States. Greenland does not want to be part of the United States.”Jan 14, 2026
Jens-Frederik Nielsen“We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danish, we want to be Greenlanders. The future of Greenland must be decided by Greenlanders.”Jan 11, 2026
Mette Frederiksen“Unfortunately, I think the American president should be taken seriously when he says he wants Greenland.”Jan 09, 2026
Breaking DefenseThe Trump administration “would perhaps be more likely to pursue any takeover through political and disinformation means."Jan 08, 2026
Georgios Samaras“I don’t see what NATO could do to stop the U.S. — for starters, because we’re talking about a superpower having so many military bases across the continent, which could be used theoretically to invade a member of NATO from within its own ranks.”Jan 07, 2026
Jens-Frederik Nielsen“If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark.”Jan 14, 2026
John Mearsheimer"If Trump were to move on Greenland, European leaders would swallow their pride and fail to offer any meaningful resistance."Jan 15, 2026
Randy Fine“Greenland is not a distant outpost we can afford to ignore—it is a vital national security asset.”Jan 14, 2026
Donald Trump"We’re going to be doing something with Greenland, either the nice way or the more difficult way.”Jan 11, 2026
John Mearsheimer“If you look at Trump’s pattern of behaviour, how willing he is to use military force when you can do it on the cheap and get away with it … the fact that … it could be portrayed as another pinprick operation, tells you there’s a really good chance that he could take Greenland.”Jan 09, 2026
Anna Wieslander“Since the successful intervention in Venezuela immediately was followed with threats of using force against Greenland, among others in the hemisphere, it has in the short run, made it more likely.”Jan 09, 2026
Mao Ning“The US should not pursue its own interests by using other countries as a pretext.”Jan 12, 2026
Karoline LeavittThe White House has argued that if the U.S. does not acquire Greenland, “then it will eventually be acquired or even perhaps hostilely taken over by either China or Russia.”Jan 14, 2026