US President Donald Trump reignited a long-standing diplomatic firestorm on Wednesday, asserting that Denmark is "incapable" of defending Greenland and that the strategic Arctic territory must eventually become part of the United States.
Speaking to reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump claimed that Danish officials are physically absent from the island, which they govern as an autonomous territory. "We have to get it [Greenland]... they [Denmark] can’t defend it," Trump said, according to reports from Reuters. "I know their leaders, they’re very nice people, but they don’t even go there."
Greenland Acquisition on the Davos Agenda In a bold move, Trump stated that the United States intends to formally discuss the annexation of Greenland during the ongoing Davos summit. He further alleged that the NATO alliance has been warning Denmark about a potential "Russian threat" to the territory for over two decades.
"NATO has been warning Denmark about the Russian threat for 20 years," Trump asserted, using the security vacuum as a primary justification for American intervention.
Strategic Arctic Stakes While Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark—one of the United States' most loyal NATO allies—Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of the island joining the US. The territory sits at a critical geopolitical crossroads in the Arctic, where melting ice is opening new trade routes and intensifying competition between global powers.
Beyond its strategic location, Greenland is believed to hold vast untapped resources, including vital military infrastructure, extensive maritime wealth, and some of the world’s largest deposits of rare earth minerals.
Danish Defiance Despite the President's persistent interest, the Danish government and the Greenlandic authorities have historically dismissed any talk of a sale or annexation, maintaining that Greenland is "not for sale." However, Trump’s comments in Davos suggest that Washington is prepared to escalate the matter to the center of global diplomatic discussions in 2026.
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