New York Times: A high-level meeting at the White House complex on Wednesday yielded no breakthrough on the standoff between President Trump and Denmark’s government over Greenland, as several NATO countries announced plans to send troops to the frigid Danish territory and Mr. Trump reiterated his view that anything less than full U.S. control of the island was “unacceptable.”…
Washington Post: “We still have a fundamental disagreement” about the future of Greenland, said Lars Lokke Rasmussen, the top Danish diplomat, speaking alongside his Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, outside the Danish Embassy in Washington. “We didn’t manage to change the American position.”…
CNBC: “For us, ideas that would not respect territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark, and the right of self-determination of the Greenlandic people are, of course, totally unacceptable,” Danish Foreign Affairs Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told reporters after the meeting.
“But we also agree to disagree, and therefore we will, however, continue to talk,” Rasmussen said during a news conference at the Danish Embassy…
Reuters: President Donald Trump reiterated on Wednesday that the U.S. needs Greenland and that Denmark cannot be relied upon to protect the island, even as he said that “something will work out” with respect to the future governance of the Danish overseas territory.
The remarks, which came after a high-stakes meeting between U.S., Danish and Greenlandic officials, indicate that there are still fundamental, if not intractable, differences between how Washington, Copenhagen and Nuuk see the political future of the island…
The Guardian: It was “absolutely not necessary” for the US to seize Greenland, a largely self-governing part of the Danish kingdom, the Danish foreign minster, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said late on Wednesday…
Politico: Denmark and allied countries said Wednesday they will increase their military presence in Greenland as part of expanded exercises, amid intensifying pressure from Washington over the Arctic island’s sovereignty…
The Globe and Mail: Greenlandic people, resentful of Danish rule, face Trump’s threats with cynicism and indifference – while many Danes face the fact that they’ve long ignored the faraway island’s fate…