Scott Bessent argued that Trump is “looking beyond next year to what could happen for a battle in the Arctic.”

US President Donald Trump intensified his push to bring Greenland under American control, accusing Denmark of failing to counter what he described as a growing Russian security threat to the strategically important Arctic island.

Russia also called NATO's military exercises in Greenland "yet another provocation" in the Arctic, as the U.S. moves to take control.

Trump's interest in Greenland isn't random – the Arctic island holds military bases and rare earth minerals as ice melts open strategic opportunities.

Russia said on Thursday that its was unacceptable for the West to keep claiming that Russia and China threatened Greenland, and said the crisis over the territory showed the double-standards of Western powers which claimed moral superiority.

Trump's seizure of Maduro from Venezuela has shaken the global order and intensified concern that he will move on Greenland too.

President Donald Trump warns China and Russia could seek influence in Greenland as Danish leaders push back on U.S. takeover, warning it would "end" NATO.

REMOVE YOUR TROOPS NOW.” That’s the message Russia just sent to Europe — as Moscow suddenly jumps into President Trump’s explosive Greenland showdown with NATO. Over the weekend, a stunning warning came from Kirill Dmitriev,

Moscow aligns with recent statements from the Danish Foreign Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, denying that Russia or China threaten Greenland. Russia has no aggressive plans of any kind regarding Greenland,