NATO nations deploy to Greenland after tense White House talks

Several NATO members are deploying tiny numbers of troops to Greenland, seeking to enactment up the Arctic island's information successful the aftermath of tense talks with the White House about the U.S. tendency to annex it.

Denmark, which is liable for Greenland's defense, Germany, France, Sweden, and Norway person each confirmed plans to nonstop subject unit to the sparsely populated land this week.

Trump has renewed his sights connected taking the land pursuing an audacious subject intervention successful Venezuela to depose its president Nicolás Maduro connected Jan. 3.

The unit deployment comes soon aft the overseas ministers of Denmark and Greenland held talks with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio astatine the White House.

Speaking to reporters alongside Greenland's Vivian Motzfeldt, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said determination had been a "fundamental disagreement" with the U.S., but said the hour-long gathering was "frank but constructive."

Vance and Rubio did not instantly remark aft the meeting. U.S. President Donald Trump, however, told reporters successful the Oval Office: "We request Greenland for nationalist security."

The U.S., Denmark, and Greenland agreed to found a high-level moving radical to sermon the aboriginal of the island, although, arsenic had been wide expected, the 3 countries were incapable to find a diplomatic solution to defuse tensions.

Before the meeting, Denmark announced plans connected Wednesday to beef up its subject beingness successful and astir Greenland, saying the workout activities could see guarding nationalist infrastructure, deploying combatant craft and conducting naval operations.

Germany's Defense Ministry said it would deploy a "reconnaissance team" of 13 unit to Nuuk, Greenland, astatine the invitation of Denmark.

The mission, which volition instrumentality spot Thursday done Saturday, is designed to research the model for imaginable subject contributions to guarantee information successful the region, Germany's Defense Ministry said, including maritime surveillance capabilities.

French President Emmanuel Macron said successful a societal media station that France volition besides enactment successful the associated exercises organized by Denmark successful Greenland, referring to it arsenic "Operation Arctic Endurance."

"The archetypal French subject elements are already connected their way. Others volition follow," Macron said Wednesday connected X, according to a Google translation.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said respective officers from Sweden's equipped forces were scheduled to get successful Greenland from Wednesday.

"They are portion of a radical from respective allied countries. Together, they volition hole for upcoming elements wrong the model of the Danish workout Operation Arctic Endurance," Kristersson via X, according to a translation.

Opinion polls have shown that Greenlanders overwhelmingly reason U.S. control, portion a beardown bulk enactment independency from Denmark.

Denmark has pledged to boost health-care spending and infrastructure investments successful caller months, portion besides seeking to defuse tensions with the Trump medication by investing successful Arctic defense, including the acquisition of 16 further F-35 combatant jets.

"We person been stepping up. We person allocated astir $15 cardinal wrong conscionable the past mates of years to capabilities successful the High North. We person been pushing wrong the Arctic NATO states for bigger NATO engagement," Rasmussen said connected Wednesday.

"We didn't negociate to alteration the American position. It's wide that the president has this privation of conquering implicit Greenland," helium continued.

"We made it very, precise wide that this is not successful the involvement of the kingdom."