Greenland
There is ‘much alignment’ between Canada, China on Greenland sovereignty: Carney
Canada’s latest defence policy warns of Chinese and Russian ambitions in the Arctic and says China’s interests “increasingly diverge from our own on matters of defence and security.”
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday he found “much alignment” between his views on Greenland’s sovereignty and those of Chinese President Xi Jinping in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats against the territory.
“I had discussions with President Xi about the situation in Greenland, about our sovereignty in the Arctic, about the sovereignty of the people of Greenland and people of Denmark, and I found much alignment of views in that regard,” Carney said at a press conference in Beijing.
It’d be over so fast people would go to sleep Canadians and wake up Americans pic.twitter.com/u5OFnDboSP
— Creet.sol (@ConcreteXCrypto) January 17, 2026
The Monroe Doctrine doesn't just apply to Central and South America, it also includes Canada.
The Trump admin must expel Chinese influence from our hemisphere. https://t.co/cXJv8w7Ivz pic.twitter.com/vc9KdK5s11
— 🇺🇸 The American Culturist 🇺🇸 (@MericaCulture) January 16, 2026
Trump to hit Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland with tariffs over Greenland
Donald Trump has announced tariffs on the UK and other European countries for their opposition to a US takeover of Greenland.
The US president posted on Truth Social on Saturday that a 10 per cent tariff on all goods sent to the US would be imposed from Feb 1 on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, before being increased to 25 per cent on June 1.
He accused the countries of creating a “very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet” after they sent a small contingent of troops to Greenland to help Denmark prepare military exercises.
Greenland may be our first, best, and last chance to stand up to Donald Trump
My first encounter with the Sirius Patrol came after I’d delivered a speech at a conference in Nuuk, Greenland, in 2019.
A young man wearing Danish military camouflage approached me. He was tall and lean, with a weather-beaten face and piercing blue eyes.
“You’re right about the Arctic being a dangerous place,” he said. “Last winter, I travelled by dog sled along the coast of northeastern Greenland.”
Greenland and the new space race
If you control space, you control the Earth
Donald Trump’s desire for Greenland is not just about access to oil, minerals and control of the new strategic and commercial corridors opening in the region. It’s also about data. Specifically, the most important data in the world.
For decades, Pituffik Space Base – formerly Thule – in Greenland has been central to US space defense and Arctic strategy. It’s the US military’s only base above the Arctic Circle and their most northerly deep-water port and airstrip. It’s home to the 12th Space Warning Squadron. Its massive AN/FPS-132 radar has 240 degrees of coverage surveying the Arctic Ocean and Russia’s northern coast, especially the Kola peninsula where it has concentrated its strategic nuclear weapons.
The high north is on the approach route for Russia’s ballistic missiles as they head for the US mainland. When a Russian rocket blasts off, especially if unannounced, Pituffik reacts to data from the Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System, which detects the rocket’s heat signature from its engines during take-off.
Trump threatens tariffs for countries that oppose Greenland takeover
Donald Trump is considering placing tariffs on countries that do not support his plan to annex Greenland.
The US president has been vocal about his aspiration to acquire the Danish territory, repeatedly saying that he would buy it, and failing to rule out military action to take the island by force.
“I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security,” Mr Trump said during a roundtable at the White House on Friday.
US lawmakers visit Denmark in bid calm tensions as Trump ups Greenland pressure
A bipartisan group of members of the US Congress has been visiting Denmark to show support in the face of increasing pressure from President Donald Trump for the US to annex Greenland – a semi-autonomous region of Denmark in the Arctic.
The 11-member delegation met MPs as well as Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
Group leader Senator Chris Coons said their trip was to listen to the locals and take their views back to Washington “to lower the temperature”.
Greenland Is the Flashpoint: China and Russia Test NATO, Canada, and Indigenous Arctic Jurisdictions
OTTAWA — The Arctic is no longer a margin. It is a hinge. It anchors nuclear deterrence, opens future maritime routes, and holds resources vital to global economies.
Over time, NATO Arctic countries have deployed forces, conducted exercises, and invested in infrastructure, but these measures have not kept pace with Russian and Chinese activity, evolving operational risks, and shifting environmental dynamics. Russian under-ice submarine operations, Chinese dual-use activity, and growing pressure on Arctic infrastructure are expanding as ice coverage shifts and navigable waters increase.
🚨SOMETHING IS WRONG IN CANADA, OKAY?
We went from this 2023 report which concluded that China "undermines our democratic institutions and our fundamental rights and freedoms.”
To Mark Carney discussing "security" with the Communist Party of China
in under 2 years! pic.twitter.com/Sb3gN5PBeK
— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) January 15, 2026
Canadian troops won’t be joining European military force in Greenland
Canadian soldiers won’t be joining their European allies for a show of military force in Greenland.
Danish Armed Forces have begun deploying troops to the Arctic island in response to American insistence that it needs Greenland to bolster national security in the north. The Danes are being joined by small numbers of troops from European countries, including France, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Britain.
Greenland could cost the US $700bn
Buying Greenland could cost the United States as much as $700bn, officials have estimated, as Donald Trump presses on with his efforts to acquire the island.
Denmark and Greenland insist the semi-autonomous Danish territory is not for sale, but the US president has insisted he will take it “one way or the other” for national security reasons.
A meeting between American, Danish and Greenlandic officials in Washington on Wednesday failed to resolve the “fundamental disagreement” over the mineral-rich Arctic island.
Ha!
I was on the fence with the US taking over Greenland, but it sounds like a good deal for everyone:
– US Landmass expanded by 20%
– Rare earth mineral deposits for AI and Lithium battery independence from China
– 100% employment for Greenlanders
– Early ICBM detection
– Ability… pic.twitter.com/bsmlPOSaQb— AlphaFox (@alphafox) January 15, 2026
Denmark sends troops to Greenland as talks with US collapse
Denmark and at least three of its European allies are sending troops to Greenland after negotiations in Washington failed to deliver a breakthrough on President Trump’s demands to own the territory.
The hastily convened military deployment, a prelude to a larger exercise called Operation Arctic Endurance, will involve soldiers, naval vessels and aircraft from Denmark, and small numbers of unarmed or lightly armed personnel from Germany, Norway and Sweden.
Norway confirmed that it was sending two officers and Germany, which described the deployment as a “reconnaissance” mission, will send 13 personnel. France, Canada and the Netherlands are among the other Nato allies that may make contributions.
BREAKING:🚨 URSULA JUST SHOWED HER HAND
Ursula von der Leyen just went on camera and declared that Greenland “belongs to Denmark and NATO” — directly rebuking President Trump.
Let’s translate that.
This isn’t about the Greenlandic people.
This is about Brussels panicking… pic.twitter.com/Mi2rLbF4Gp
— Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) January 14, 2026
China Elbows into Greenland Debate, Backing Denmark Against Trump‘s Acquisition Plans
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday elbowed its way into the debate over President Donald Trump’s effort to acquire Greenland, slamming the U.S. for “using other countries as an excuse for pursuing its own selfish interests.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning was responding to a reporter who quoted Trump saying that if America does not acquire Greenland, “Russia or China will.”
China is not an Arctic nation.
Trump says anything less than having Greenland in US hands is ‘unacceptable’
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that NATO should help the U.S. acquire Greenland and anything less than having the island in U.S. hands is unacceptable, hours before Vice President JD Vance was to host Danish and Greenlandic officials for talks.
In a post on his social media site, Trump reiterated his argument that the U.S. “needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security.” He added that “NATO should be leading the way for us to get it” and that otherwise Russia or China would — “AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!”
“NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the UNITED STATES,” Trump wrote. “Anything less than that is unacceptable.”
🚨 JUST IN: Denmark and Greenland officials have ARRIVED at the White House to meet with JD Vance and Sec. Marco Rubio
Time to acquire Greenland!
NATO has another thing coming if they think Trump is going to surrender Greenland to China and Russia.pic.twitter.com/y3Ze2GYfmO https://t.co/3H78B93JTb
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 14, 2026
h/t Mauser
LEDREW: Canada should want U.S. in Greenland to safeguard our Arctic
Canada may soon be cheering Donald Trump on in his stated goal of acquiring Greenland.
Well, not really — the elites running Canada will not be agreeing to anything the U.S. president does — but the rest of us might wish to bid him good luck.
🚨BREAKING
Canadian Conservative MPs Adam Chambers, Shelby Kramp-Neuman and Melissa Lantsman
have DEFIED XI and Mark Carney and have STAYED in Taiwan (see breaking photo below)
despite their 2 Liberal counterparts LEAVING taiwan, as Carney meets Xi pic.twitter.com/2RTOv2zINJ
— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) January 13, 2026
h/t Mauser
John Ivison: Canada can help Trump secure the Arctic without seizing Greenland
Canada is offering to contribute military assets to a multilateral force being proposed by Germany and Britain to boost NATO’s presence in Greenland, government sources said.
One official said that Prime Minister Mark Carney raised with allies the issue of reinforcing the Arctic, including Greenland, when he was in Europe last week. “We welcome the German and British plan and are actively involved in talks with NATO and our allies,” the official said.
Bloomberg reported on Sunday that European countries, led by Germany, are preparing a plan aimed at showing President Donald Trump that the continent is serious about Arctic security.