White House weighs military option as Trump revives push to acquire Greenland

The White House says President Donald Trump is actively exploring ways to acquire Greenland, including options that involve the U.S. military. The language is no longer hypothetical, and allies and lawmakers are reacting accordingly.

A revived goal, stated plainly

Trump has returned to an idea he first floated years ago: bringing Greenland under U.S. control. Over the weekend, Trump framed it as a national security necessity, saying the U.S. “needs” Greenland and casting doubt on Denmark’s ability to protect it.

The White House has now doubled down. In a statement to multiple news outlets on Tuesday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump and his team are reviewing “a range of options” to pursue that goal and made clear that military force has not been ruled out.

“President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region,” Leavitt said. “The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. military is always an option at the Commander in Chief’s disposal.”

Leavitt will hold a press briefing at the White House Wednesday at 11am eastern.

Allies push back

Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark, and both Danish and European leaders moved quickly to respond. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned that talk of using force could effectively end NATO, underscoring how seriously Copenhagen is taking the rhetoric.

Leaders from several European countries issued a joint statement backing Denmark and stressing that Arctic security must be handled collectively, not through coercion.

“These are universal principles, and we will not stop defending them,” they wrote. “Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.”

Inside the administration’s thinking

According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers Monday during a closed briefing that the administration is looking at buying Greenland rather than invading it. At the same time, Trump has asked aides for updated plans on how the U.S. could acquire the territory.

Behind the scenes, the State Department has reviewed Greenland’s potential resources, including rare earth minerals. According to CNN, officials involved in that analysis cautioned there is no reliable estimate of how extensive those resources are and noted the steep costs of extraction in Greenland’s climate and terrain.

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Greenland’s largely untapped natural resources include significant deposits of rare earth minerals.

A sharper edge in public messaging

Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller went further in public, saying there’s no need to even think about Greenland in terms of a military confrontation because no country would fight the United States over it.

“The United States should have Greenland as part of the United States,” he told Jake Tapper on CNN. “There’s no need to think or talk about this in the context that you’re asking in a military confrontation. Nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland.”

The comment added fuel to concerns on Capitol Hill that the administration is normalizing the idea of force against an ally.

Sen. Mark Warner called that kind of language dangerous, warning it cuts against the basic premise of NATO and collective defense.

“Does anyone really, really think that NATO would still exist if America violated the territorial integrity of a NATO ally,” Warner asked reporters Tuesday on Capitol Hill. “It’s totally counter to the whole concept of NATO. I think it’s very dangerous kind of language.”

Congress draws lines

Lawmakers from both parties have begun pushing back. According to Politico, some Democrats are moving to introduce war powers measures to block any unilateral military action against Greenland.

A handful of Republicans have also criticized the idea, calling it reckless and unnecessary given the existing U.S. military presence on the island.

Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska said on X that “denigrating allies serves no purpose and there is NO up side.” He added: “Stop the stupid ‘we want Greenland BS’ ”

For now, the administration insists no immediate action is planned. But by openly putting military force on the table, the White House has shifted the debate from speculation to strategy — and forced allies and lawmakers to respond.

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