Response to Trump’s Statements: Britain to Consider Deploying Troops to Greenland

The UK government is holding talks with European allies on the possible deployment of a military contingent to Greenland.

The Telegraph reported on this.

The discussions are taking place amid joint NATO efforts to strengthen regional security and amid statements by U.S. President Donald Trump calling for control of the island.

At this stage, London is in contact with officials from Germany and France. The sides are coordinating plans for a potential deployment of NATO units and British forces to Greenland to bolster Arctic security, particularly in response to perceived threats from Russia and China.

Although the talks are at an early stage and troop numbers have not been defined, the discussions already include the possible deployment of soldiers, warships, and aircraft.

The move follows repeated statements by Trump calling for the United States to assert control over Greenland for defense and security reasons. The U.S. president has cited concerns over Russian and Chinese activity in the Arctic and described the island as strategically important.

Militarnyi previously reported that leaders of major European countries issued a joint statement reaffirming Denmark’s sovereignty and Greenland’s status as an autonomous territory within the Danish realm.

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen signed the statement.

US Interests in Greenland

In recent months, statements by U.S. politicians calling for the transfer of control of Greenland from Denmark to the United States on security grounds have intensified.

In December 2024, President Donald Trump said that U.S. ownership and control of Greenland was an “absolute necessity” for the United States.

He had previously expressed interest in purchasing the island from Denmark in 2019, an offer that was rejected.

In 2025, Trump was again told that the island was not for sale and would not be, although Denmark signaled it was open to deeper cooperation with Washington.

On March 30, Greenland’s new Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said the United States would not obtain the island. “That was the case yesterday, it is the case today, and it will be the case in the future,” he said.