An U.S. airman loads munitions at Pittufik Space Base in Greenland
Alexandra Marquez, Sarah Dean and Dareh Gregorian – NBC Jan 10, 2026
President Donald Trump on Friday ramped up his rhetoric on Greenland, saying the U.S. will take action to acquire the longtime ally.
“We are going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not, because if we don’t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we’re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
The remarks come days after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that Trump could use the military to “pursue this important foreign policy goal.” That came on the heels of major European allies issuing in a joint statement saying they would “not stop defending” the values of sovereignty and Greenland’s territorial integrity.
Greenland is a semi-autonomous Danish territory that’s strategically important militarily and contains vast mineral wealth. The U.S. already has a military base on the island, and officials there have said they’d accept an expanded military presence.
Asked by a reporter Friday why he hasn’t accepted that offer, Trump said, “When we own it, we defend it. You don’t defend leases the same way. You have to own it.”
“We’re not going to allow Russia or China to occupy Greenland, and that’s what’s going to happen if we don’t own it,” he said during the public portion of a meeting with oil and gas executives at the White House.
As for what he’d be willing to pay for the territory, Trump said, “I’m not talking about money for Greenland yet. I might talk about that, but we’re going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not.”
The continued pressure from the president comes a day after the top representatives to the U.S. from Denmark and Greenland met with White House officials to seek a better understanding of U.S. policy, a source familiar with the discussions told NBC News.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to meet with the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland next week.
Greenland’s representative to the U.S., Jacob Isbosethsen, also met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday and told NBC News afterward that “Greenland is not for sale.”
The leaders of Greenland’s five political parties issued a joint statement on Friday night calling for “the U.S.’s disdain for our country to end,” adding: “We do not want to be Americans, we do not want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders.”
“We must decide the future of our country ourselves, without pressure for a quick decision, delay or interference from other countries,” the leaders said.
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill have said it would be inappropriate for the U.S. military to use force to take over the Arctic island.
Sick of hearing this cnut’s threats. He was a coward back when.
The usual commenters on this forum don’t need to be told this, as they already know, but Palestine, then South Africa were the canaries in the coalmines. This is what Jewish power looks like. They’ve successfully used the western population to build vast wealth for themselves, in order to acquire major institutions within all. They have total control over politics, law & order, military, msm, academia, arts and entertainment. They now just openly do whatever they want, knowing they can do so with impunity. What happened to the Palestinians, the South Africans (and white Zimbabweans) is about to happen on a horrendous scale, throughout the US, Europe and Australasia, as the Jew floods those lands with more and more immigrants, driving up living costs and lowering living standards, which will in turn force more people into the police and military, who’ll happily do their bidding when they turn them against their own people.
Nothing ever changes. The wheel continues to revolve. All standing armies are eventually used against their own people.
We’re constantly reminded that “just doing their jobs” never worked for the German soldiers in the concentration camps (which as you know weren’t death camps but work camps) yet, when the Jew gives the commands, western military are exempt (because it’s benefiting Mr Kikel). US, UK, European militaries have all behaved no differently to the Germans prosecuted at Nuremberg. Not one of them has the common sense to think: “Gee, if I wasn’t here, fighting for these crooks, then there wouldn’t be any wars, because there wouldn’t be any military to fight them”, so they continue doing their warring, their nation’s life gets considerably worser and these daft, twats still think they’re fighting for their people.
I blame the police and military really. They make the Jew rich and their own people poor through their ignorant actions. They’re mercenaries and nothing more. They haven’t the common sense to see that had it not been for them you could have counted out all world wars and conflicts going all the way back to, at least, Culloden in 1746. The last war on British soil where a nation actually fought for its nation. And yes, we could go back farther.
They were the chess pieces on the chess board. No chess pieces, no game of chess. Common sense really.
Successful conscription would also depend on who the enemy is. WW2 was only 21 years after WW1 so people were already aware of the dangers Germany presented. This time it’s different. Not only has Russia never threatened us while our class-ridden elitists constantly threaten Russia, but after a quick look at our own low quality of life while Russians are proud of what they have and who brought it to them these past few decades, I’m sure lots of ordinary Brits would say let’s give Russian rule a try as most of us will probably end up enjoying a far better quality of life.
germany was no threat to the UK
in fact germany shared intell with us
neville Chamberlian instigateda 4 year intensive investigation
into germanies aims and goals
a team went round all their factories military bases etc
but as the last minute the jews who ran the UK and that pedo churchill
turned the tables on germany