Terry Schultz

Denmark's Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, has issued a statement now underscoring that things like security, investment and economy can be discussed politically, but not sovereignty.

That, quote, only Denmark and Greenland can make decisions on issues relating to Denmark and Greenland.

So it's quite interesting that these talks in Davos were not led by Danes and Greenlanders, but by the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Rutte is known for his constant flattery of Trump, and the two get along well.

But a Greenlandic member of parliament has already written on social media that, quote, NATO in no way has a mandate to negotiate without Greenland.

You're welcome.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lique Rasmussen will visit the U.K.

and Sweden as his government continues to build support in the face of President Trump's warnings that he still intends to acquire Greenland.

This is not just an issue between Denmark and the U.S., Rasmussen told journalists as he departed, adding, this is a question of world order and the future of the NATO alliance.

Denmark and the seven NATO allies that participated in last week's mission to Greenland released a statement explaining the exercise was in the transatlantic interest.

Trump called the temporary deployment a very dangerous game.

It poses no threat to anyone, they countered, underscoring they're still interested in dialogue with Washington.

For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz.

The president of the European Council decided the 27 national leaders need to meet in person to discuss President Trump's repeated threats to annex Greenland, which is a territory of EU member state Denmark, and his intentions to levy tariffs against some countries.

An EU spokesperson says the meeting is likely to be Thursday or Friday.

Leaders will be debating whether to enact some 93 billion euros worth of counter-tariffs against the U.S., which was drawn up last year but dropped after a deal was reached with Trump.

There are also calls, led by French President Emmanuel Macron, to trigger what's called the anti-coercion instrument, emergency powers to limit U.S.

companies' access to the EU market.

It's never been used before.

For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.