The Trump administration is poised for crunch talks with Greenlandic and Danish officials on Wednesday, amid the U.S. president’s ongoing push to take control of Greenland.
Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt and her Danish counterpart, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, are expected to convene at the White House for talks with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The high-stakes meeting comes shortly after Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen portrayed a united front against Trump’s repeated takeover threats.
Speaking at a joint press conference in Copenhagen on Tuesday, Greenland’s Nielsen said that if the self-governing Danish territory must choose between the U.S. and Denmark, “we choose Denmark.”
Frederiksen also said it had not been easy to stand up to what she described as “completely unacceptable pressure” from our closest ally. “But there is much to suggest that the hardest part is still ahead of us.”
