{"id":264218,"date":"2026-01-15T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=264218"},"modified":"2026-01-15T07:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:37:13","slug":"european-nations-to-send-additional-troops-to-greenland-as-us-annexation-threats-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/european-nations-to-send-additional-troops-to-greenland-as-us-annexation-threats-escalate\/","title":{"rendered":"European nations to send additional troops to Greenland as US annexation threats escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-3397051651\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>CNN- Several NATO countries are deploying small numbers of military personnel to Greenland to participate in joint exercises with Denmark as US President Donald Trump ramps up his threats to forcibly annex the Arctic island.<\/p><div id=\"antig-586901027\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s declarations have thrown Europe\u2019s decades-old, US-led security alliance into crisis, by raising the prospect of NATO\u2019s largest and most powerful member annexing the territory of another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denmark, which is responsible for Greenland\u2019s defense, has warned an attack on Greenland would all but end NATO, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmn.dk\/en\/news\/2025\/the-danish-armed-forces-expand-their-presence-and-continue-exercises-in-greenland-in-close-cooperation-with-allies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced on Wednesday<\/a>&nbsp;that it was expanding its military presence \u201cin close cooperation with NATO allies.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-526735753\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany, Sweden, France and Norway have all since confirmed they are sending military personnel to Greenland this week. Canada and France have also said they plan to open consulates in Nuuk, Greenland\u2019s capital, in the coming weeks.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2983990579\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not unusual for NATO countries to send troops to train in other NATO countries, and there has been a years-long push by allies, including the US, to ramp up joint exercises in the Arctic Circle. The US has about 150 troops stationed at its Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But both the timing and symbolism of the latest announcements by European nations are a significant show of solidarity at a time of unprecedented tension within NATO.<\/p><div id=\"antig-731733446\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump has been extremely vocal about his ambitions to seize control of the world\u2019s largest island, including by force if necessary, saying he was \u201cgoing to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/12\/business\/greenland-trump-venezuela-mining\">during a press conference<\/a>&nbsp;with oil executives on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement Wednesday, the German Defense Ministry said it is sending a \u201creconnaissance team\u201d of 13 military personnel to Greenland Thursday for \u201can exploration mission\u201d alongside other partner nations, at Denmark\u2019s invitation.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1781758900\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"1000436969\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweden also sent an unspecified number of troops to Greenland Wednesday at Denmark\u2019s request, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SwedishPM\/status\/2011469780729868447?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced on X<\/a>. The Swedish officers will be part of a group of troops from other allied countries who will together prepare for an upcoming exercise called Operation Arctic Endurance, he added.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1508527079\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron said France will also participate in Operation Arctic Endurance. \u201cThe first French military units are already on their way. Others will follow,\u201d he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/emmanuelmacron\/status\/2011578747791819017?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norway is also sending two defense personnel to Greenland, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Ministry of Defense confirmed to CNN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a longstanding military alliance between 30 European states as well as the US and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is built on the principle that an attack on any one member must be considered an attack on them all, which is what makes US threats against Greenland \u2013 which is part of NATO by its association with Denmark \u2013 so extraordinary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Danish defense minister called a potential US attack on Greenland \u201ccompletely hypothetical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is \u201cunlikely that a NATO nation would attack another NATO country,\u201d Troels Lund Poulsen told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"meetings-with-trump-officials\">Meetings with Trump officials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>News of European deployments to Greenland came as Danish and Greenlandic officials met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance Wednesday, hours after Trump said on Truth Social \u201canything less\u201d than US control of Greenland is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/14\/politics\/greenland-trump-nato-denmark\">\u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the UNITED STATES,\u201d Trump wrote early Wednesday, arguing US control of Greenland would also benefit NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That meeting yielded few tangible results, with Danish Foreign Minister Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen noting that he and his Greenlandic colleague had \u201ca frank but also constructive discussion\u201d with Rubio and Vance, but that a \u201cfundamental disagreement\u201d persists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, Rasmussen said the parties have agreed to form \u201ca high-level working group to explore if we can find a common way forward\u201d that is expected to meet in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AnitaAnandMP\/status\/2010084703685017646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said on X Sunday<\/a>&nbsp;she called her Greenlandic and Danish counterparts to \u201creiterate Canada\u2019s steadfast support for the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anand said she will travel to Greenland \u201cin the coming weeks\u201d to open Canada\u2019s official consulate in Nuuk and convey Canada\u2019s \u201cdeep commitment to regional security and protection\u201d in the Arctic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>France will open a consulate in Greenland on February 6, a move that has been in the works since last year, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on RTL radio Wednesday, according to Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barrot urged the US to stop threatening Greenland, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAttacking another NATO member would make no sense, it would even be contrary to the interests of the United States \u2026 and so this blackmail must obviously stop,\u201d Barrot said on RTL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CNN\u2019s Benjamin Brown, Max Saltman, Ivana Kottasov\u00e1, Kit Maher, Jennifer Hansler, Sana Noor Haq and Martin Goillandeau contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-1914247117\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN- Several NATO countries are deploying small numbers of military personnel to Greenland to participate in joint exercises with Denmark as US President Donald Trump ramps up his threats to forcibly annex the Arctic island. 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