On paper, this token force is being deployed to bolster the island's security in response to U.S. complaints. What is extraordinary, perhaps even unprecedented, is that it serves as message more to the U.

Denmark’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that a “fundamental disagreement” with U.S. President Donald Trump over the future of Greenland remained unresolved after high-level talks in Washington, even as Denmark and NATO allies moved to increase their military presence in the Arctic territory amid rising tensions.

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Last September, all of these nations participated in Arctic Light, a military exercise intended to strengthen the operational readiness of the Danish Armed Forces and NATO in and around Greenland.

The Arctic is no longer a distant frontier. Danish military aircraft have landed in Greenland, unloading troops as Copenhagen prepares for a potential standoff with the United States. What began as diplomatic friction has moved onto ice and airstrips,

European countries were sending small numbers of military personnel to Greenland on Thursday as Denmark and its allies prepared for exercises to try to assure U.S. President Donald Trump of its security as he pushes to acquire the island.

A possible war with NATO is escalating after Denmark made it clear to military leaders that if the United States fires on its forces, Danish defenders must fight back. The comments come after Stephen Miller,

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are meeting Wednesday at the White House with top diplomats from the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland, its semiautonomous territory, U.S. officials said, as tensions escalate amid President Donald Trump's threats to "acquire" the island -- possibly even by military force.