The White House: Working group to talk about ‘acquisition of Greenland’

The White House apparently has a completely different understanding of what was agreed at yesterday’s meeting between U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s minister for foreign affairs, Vivian Motzfeldt, regarding Greenland.

At a press briefing on Thursday, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was asked about the meeting by journalists present:

From the floor, the question was asked:
—““And on the subject of Greenland, Jeff Landry, the president’s special envoy for Greenland, wasn’t in the White House meeting yesterday. Can you say why that was and what exactly the role he is playing in these conversations about acquiring Greenland?”

To this, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt replied:

—““Well, the vice president and the secretary of state were present for that meeting. And the meeting it it was a productive meeting. It was a good meeting and in that meeting the two sides agreed to really establish a working group of individuals who will continue to have technical talks on the acquisition of Greenland. Those talks will take place I’m told every two to three weeks.””

—“So this is a conversation the administration intends to keep having with the Danes and with the respected delegation from Greenland. But the president has made his priority quite clear. He wants the United States to acquire Greenland. He thinks it’s in our best national security to do that.””

To a follow-up question about military presence in Greenland, Karoline Leavitt replied:

—“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.”

Løkke after the meeting in Washington: Working group to look at security

After the meeting on Wednesday, Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said that although they continued to disagree about Greenland’s future, they had agreed to set up a high-level working group that would examine possibilities for ensuring security in Greenland — including ensuring the security of the United States, while at the same time respecting the borders of the Kingdom of Denmark.