Germany Leads Military Mission in Greenland in Response to Trump

Jan. 14, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC

Germany will take the lead of European nations sending military personnel to Greenland after Denmark said its meeting with top US officials intent on controlling the world’s biggest island revealed that a “fundamental disagreement” remains.

The decision to dispatch reinforcements to the Arctic territory as early as this week highlights the urgency with which European nations seek to respond to US threats over Greenland. A meeting of foreign ministers from Denmark and Greenland with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington failed to dispel the specter of a US takeover.

WATCH: Germany will send military personnel to Greenland after Denmark said a meeting with US officials revealed that a “fundamental disagreement” remains. Sara Sjolin reports.
Source: Bloomberg

On Thursday, Germany ...



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