Troop activity in Greenland, with a number of European NATO nations deploying small numbers of navy personnel there this week, has no bearing on President Donald Trump’s push to accumulate the Danish territory, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt informed reporters yesterday.
“I don’t think troops in Europe impact the president’s decision making process, nor does it impact his goal of the acquisition of Greenland at all,” Leavitt stated, underscoring the president’s place.
The feedback come following Wednesday’s assembly between Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic counterpart Vivian Motzfeldt in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Leavitt described that assembly as “productive.”
The two delegations “agreed to really establish a working group of individuals who will continue to have technical talks on the acquisition of Greenland,” Leavitt stated, including that the talks would happen “every two to three weeks.”
The White House additionally made clear that the president views buying Greenland as a precedence for nationwide safety.
Meanwhile, a bipartisan delegation of US Senators, together with Senators Chris Coons, Thom Tillis, Jeanne Shaheen and Dick Durbin, is anticipated to fulfill with Danish and Greenlandic authorities and enterprise leaders in Copenhagen at the moment. The group will maintain a joint press convention round 9:00 a.m. ET.