In a move that will go down in history as a humiliating capitulation, Denmark appears ready to hand over almost everything to appease Donald Trump.
From tolerance of the deployment of up to 10 American military bases in Greenland, to openings in oil, rare earths, and commercial opportunities, Copenhagen’s proposal constitutes a full acknowledgment of the power of the White House.
Specifically, on Wednesday 14 January 2026, the American Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with the government of Denmark.
It has not yet been officially announced where the meeting will take place nor who will participate on behalf of the European country, most likely it will be the Minister of Foreign Affairs Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
The presence of a representative of the self governing government of Greenland is also possible.
After all, at the center of the agenda lies the future of the large Island.
Trump insists that he does not rule out “any option”, including a military intervention, to gain control of this region.
For her part, the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, decided to move from the stage of anger over Trump’s threats to that of seeking a practical solution.
Copenhagen, therefore, is expected to submit an attractive proposal to the White House, hoping to appease the American president.
The starting point is the Greenland Defense Agreement, signed by the United States and Denmark in 1951.
This document recognizes the existence of only one American military base, Thule Air Base, today known as Pituffik, specialized in space surveillance.
However, the agreement provides for the expansion of the American military presence, on the condition that it is carried out in consultation with the Danish authorities and Greenland itself.
During the Cold War, the Pentagon constructed additional bases on the island, one of which was recently discovered beneath a layer of ice thirty meters thick.
The Danes propose to start from there: they are ready to accept up to 10 new American bases.
The NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, supports this move and is reportedly advising the promotion of an Arctic security plan, which will be approved by all members of the Atlantic Alliance.
It remains to be clarified how the construction and operating costs of the new facilities will be allocated, which will be equipped with advanced technological systems.
There is no doubt about the military command: it will be assigned to the United States, specifically to the Joint Force Command of Norfolk, Virginia.
That is not all. The government of Mette Frederiksen will propose to Rubio the strengthening of economic cooperation between the United States and Greenland, this time based on the Joint Declaration, signed by Denmark and the United States on 6 August 2004.
The list of sectors that may be involved remains general: “among others, research, technology, energy, environmental issues, education, development, tourism, air transport”.
To date there have been no significant results, but the legal framework will allow rapid access by American investments and companies to rare earth deposits, oil, and anything that may attract the American economic system, and not only Donald Trump.
Greenland may become the fuse of the crisis that will blow up NATO
Greenland is turning at dizzying speed into the most dangerous geopolitical point on the planet, with Donald Trump dropping a megaton “bomb”: I may need to choose between NATO and acquiring Greenland.
And the threat is not theoretical.
If nothing else, it constitutes a blatant violation of international law and is accompanied by scenarios of military violence, invasion, and dissolution of the North Atlantic Alliance.
It should be noted that officials of the Trump administration will meet on Wednesday 14/2 with their Danish counterparts over the issue of Greenland, according to CBS News, citing diplomatic sources.
The information was indirectly confirmed by the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who announced a meeting of the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Lars Løkke Rasmussen with the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio within the week.
Marco Rubio stated in Congress that Donald Trump is interested in buying Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory of strategic importance in the Arctic.
As he revealed, “a range of options” is being examined for its acquisition, including the use of military force, as Trump considers the island absolutely necessary for the national security of the United States.
“If we do not take Greenland, Russia or China will take it and we cannot allow that”, Trump said at the White House.
“I would like to make a deal, it is easier.
But one way or another we will take Greenland. If we do not do it nicely, we will do it badly”.
It is recalled that in an interview with the New York Times, Donald Trump proceeded to a statement that shocked the West:
“I do not want to say what my top priority is between Greenland and NATO unity, but it could be a choice”.
He argued that without the United States, “Russia and China do not worry at all about NATO”, while he accused Europe that it “needs to wake up”.
“If it were not for me, Russia would have all of Ukraine right now”, he claimed.
Rutte: “No crisis in NATO”
Despite the incendiary statements, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attempted to downplay the tension, stating from Zagreb that there is no internal crisis.
He praised Trump for the increase in defense spending and recalled the Hague summit, where a target of 5% of GDP for defense was agreed.
Enormous reactions were triggered by a post by the United States special envoy to Greenland Jeff Landry, who claimed on X that Denmark “occupied” the island after World War II in violation of United Nations protocols.
However, the historical data completely refute him: the first Danish settlements date back to 1721, in 1814 Greenland officially became a Danish possession, in 1953 it was fully integrated into the Kingdom of Denmark, and since 2009 it has been an autonomous region under the Self Government Act, receiving a significant annual grant.
Within this bleak setting, the EU Commissioner Andrius Kubilius stated from the security conference in Sälen of Sweden that “now is the time for Europe to implement what it has decided regarding its defense”, recalling the words of Friedrich Merz:
Greenland is no longer a frozen rock in the Arctic Circle.
It is the fuse of a crisis that threatens to blow up NATO and change the global map.
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