It’s not for peaceful purposes,” U,S, Air Force Gen. Alexus Grynkewich said. “They’re not studying the seals and the polar bears."

NATO is talking about improved Arctic security, says the alliance's secretary general. Some of those talks reportedly involve a European troop presence in Greenland. It's a remarkable turnaround for an alliance that has until recently tried to ignore the region.

US Secretary of State Mario Rubio is set to host his Danish and Greenlandic counterparts in Washington on Wednesday. Confronted with Donald Trump's declared ambitions, European members of NATO have sought to defuse the crisis and emphasize their commitment to Arctic security.

I mean, NATO would have an obligation to defend Greenland. And so query whether we would be at war with Europe, with England, with France,” Sen. Chris Murphy said.

The White House has kept all options for acquiring Greenland on the table, refusing to rule out military action.

NATO member countries are discussing the next steps to collectively keep the Arctic safe, alliance chief Mark Rutte said on Monday, the latest sign of work among allies to satisfy U.S. President Donald Trump,

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reacted to Donald Trump's recent criticisms of NATO, asserting that proposals to cut transatlantic ties are impractical and harmful to European security. , US News,

A bipartisan group of ‌U.S. ​lawmakers will visit Denmark this ‌week as President Donald Trump threatens a takeover of Greenland, an autonomous part ​of the kingdom of Denmark that houses a U.S. airbase.