US EditionMcConnell Eviscerates Trump’s Greenland Ambitions
McConnell said pursuing Greenland risks damaging NATO alliances and would not improve U.S. Arctic access, with only 8% of Republicans supporting military action, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Sen. Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing Senate-floor speech criticizing President Donald Trump’s threats over Greenland, warning it would destroy allied trust and yield no meaningful Arctic access.
- President Donald Trump has framed Greenland as central to U.S. security amid China and Russia concerns, and a White House meeting on Jan. 14, 2026 ended in fundamental disagreement over ownership.
- This week, NATO allies including Canada, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands deployed troops to Greenland, while polls show 75% of the American public oppose U.S. takeover and only 8% of Republicans favor military invasion.
- McConnell stressed that close ties with Nordic allies enable U.S. Arctic posture and warned ill-advised Greenland threats would erase defense spending gains and cause strategic self-harm.
- Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, former president of Iceland and Arctic expert, said, `If you want an enhanced presence in the Arctic, start at home` and urged the United States to boost domestic capacity rather than pursuing Greenland.
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A prominent Republican criticises Trump's Greenland policy. Mitch McConnell makes a comparison with Afghanistan.
Seizing Greenland risks 'monumental' fallout, ex-Iceland president warns, as Trump sharpens rhetoric
A U.S. attempt to seize Greenland by force would trigger "monumental consequences" for the Western alliance and the global order, said former Icelandic President Olafur Grimsson.
Trump seizing Greenland would be worse than Afghan exit: McConnell
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blasted President Donald Trump‘s ambitions to seize Greenland as “ill-advised threats” that would be “an unprecedented act of strategic self-harm.” As Trump continues to discuss his hopes of obtaining Greenland from NATO ally Denmark, McConnell ripped the idea in his Senate floor speech on Wednesday. McConnell warned that “close ties with our northernmost allies are what make America’s extensive reach in the Arctic ac…
The fateful meeting in Washington is over and the positions are locked regarding Greenland. Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell is now furious with Trump, who is standing firm on his demand to take over the island. - What is being proposed risks burning the hard-won trust of loyal allies, he says, according to the New York Times.
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