\u201cLet me tell you, they will \u2013 and they did in Afghanistan,\u201d Rutte said.<\/p>\n
Trump shrugged off those comments, telling Fox: \u201cWe\u2019ve never needed them. They\u2019ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan… and they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump-Greenland latest: Key points<\/a>Nato and Denmark working together on Arctic security<\/p>\n Nato secretary general Mark Rutte said on Friday that he and Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen were working together on Arctic security in Brussels.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re working together to ensure that the whole of NATO is safe & secure and will build on our cooperation to enhance deterrence & defence in the Arctic,\u201d he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cDenmark continues to make robust contributions to our shared security and is ramping up investment to do even more!\u201d<\/p>\n James Reynolds23 January 2026 10:00<\/p>\n <\/a>European shares fall amid fallout from tariff threats<\/p>\n European shares fell on Friday and were on course to snap their longest run of weekly gains since May, as investors weighed the potential fallout from the latest flare-up in trade tensions linked to Greenland.<\/p>\n The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX edged 0.2% lower by 0803 GMT, poised to snap a five-week winning streak. The benchmark index has lost 1% so far this week.<\/p>\n Markets were jolted this week by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to implement tariffs on eight European countries until Washington is allowed to buy Greenland.<\/p>\n James Reynolds23 January 2026 09:31<\/p>\n <\/a>Danish PM to visit Greenland today<\/p>\n Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she will travel to Nuuk later on Friday to meet with Greenland’s prime minister.<\/p>\n James Reynolds23 January 2026 09:20<\/p>\n <\/a>Trump backed down because the UK and Europe said no: Lammy<\/p>\n Donald Trump backed down from threatening Greenland because the UK stood up for the island\u2019s sovereignty, David Lammy told the BBC.<\/p>\n The deputy prime minister said that Trump had \u201cresponded to our concerns\u201d about using force or imposing tariffs to take control of the Danish territory.<\/p>\n “Let’s remember what has actually happened. Donald Trump stepped back from any suggestion of force, and he stepped back from the use of tariffs,” he told Nick Robinson’s Political Thinking.<\/p>\n “Why? Because his close friend the United Kingdom and European partners expressed their displeasure, and he has stepped back.<\/p>\n “What’s really gone on is actually our great ally, the United States, despite the noise, has responded to our concerns.”<\/p>\n James Reynolds23 January 2026 09:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Recap: Starmer says world leaders can now \u2018get on with the job\u2019 of protecting Greenland<\/p>\n Sir Keir Starmer said world leaders can now \u201cget on with the job\u201d of protecting Greenland after Donald Trump dropped his tariff threats.<\/p>\n The prime minister and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen met at Chequers on Thursday, a day after the US president dropped tariff threats against European nations opposed to his ambitions to take over the mineral-rich island.<\/p>\n Speaking after the meeting, Sir Keir told broadcasters: \u201cToday, we actually start the hard work of making sure that security in the Arctic is enhanced.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cWhat\u2019s now happened is good in the sense the threat of tariffs has gone, and now we can get on with the job of rolling up our sleeves and answering the question, how do we improve security in the Arctic?\u201d<\/p>\n James Reynolds23 January 2026 09:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Greenlandic MP urges against Nato cutting deals on its behalf<\/p>\n Aaja Chemnitz, a Greenlandic member of parliament, told The Independent of the recent \u2018framework\u2019 hashed out between Nato and Donald Trump: “Nato has no mandate to make deals about Greenland.”<\/p>\n In Greenland, we have a saying, which is: \u2018Nothing about us without us\u2019. This applies to Nato matters as well.<\/p>\n “All decisions concerning Greenland are to be decided by Naalakkersuisut, government of Greenland.”<\/p>\n James Reynolds23 January 2026 08:30<\/p>\n <\/a>France in the dark on Greenland talks<\/p>\n France\u2019s foreign minister said on BFM TV this morning that France still has no details on the deal reached between Donald Trump and Mark Rutte on Greenland.<\/p>\n James Reynolds23 January 2026 08:06<\/p>\n <\/a>Greenland PM stresses need for calm diplomacy<\/p>\n Greenland\u2019s prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said the country is under intense pressure and stressed the need for allied support and calm diplomacy.<\/p>\n Speaking to international media in Nuuk, he said: \u201cThe support of our allies is crucial in this situation. Our goal and desire is to continue a peaceful dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n He added, according to Sermitsiaq, a weekly paper in Greenland: \u201cI will say it again. Greenland chooses the Greenland we know today as part of the Kingdom of Denmark.\u201d<\/p>\n Nielsen added: \u201cWe choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU. We choose Nato.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s very difficult when you hear threats every night about being acquired or taken. Until yesterday we couldn’t rule anything out.\u201cImagine being a Greenlander, a peaceful people, who sees in the media every day that someone wants to take your freedom,\u201d the PM said. <\/p>\n Maroosha Muzaffar23 January 2026 07:30<\/p>\n <\/a>What is in Trump\u2019s Greenland \u2018deal\u2019 \u2013 and what is missing?<\/p>\n Mr Rutte said that Denmark<\/a> would retain its sovereignty and stressed that Nato<\/a> allies would have to step up on Arctic security \u201cwithin months\u201d under the framework deal currently being discussed.<\/p>\n Maroosha Muzaffar23 January 2026 07:00<\/p>\n![\"Mette](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G_VcOBhXQAArLnV.jpeg\")
Mette Frederiksen (L) and Mark Rutte (R) (Mark Rutte \/ X)<\/p>\n