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Flattery, bases and F-35 jets: How Rutte convinced Trump to withdraw from Greenland

2026-01-22 17:25:20Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Mark Rutte and Trump

Mark Rutte has taken immediate action after the failed meeting on January 14 in Washington, where US Vice President JD Vance met with Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt. The Secretary of the Atlantic Alliance held a wide-ranging series of consultations, involving not only the Danes and European allies, but also the US Ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker.

Rasmussen and Motzfeldt had offered Vance the opportunity for Greenland to house all the military bases deemed necessary. Vance, however, turned down the offer, demanding: We want to become the owners of the island.

The counterproposal was clear: under Greenland law, the land is not for sale; only a long-term concession can be granted. This was the scenario that President Donald Trump rejected yesterday from the Davos podium.

On January 19, Rutte hosted Greenland’s Minister Motzfeldt in Brussels, accompanied this time by Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen. The three committed to working out a broader scheme: an agreement that would include the participation of countries willing to strengthen military security in Greenland and the surrounding region. After they left, Rutte called Trump. He did not present a final formula, but a framework: all allies would accept American leadership in the area. Rutte added, piqued the president’s interest, that the partners are willing to spend more in the Arctic, buying military equipment from the United States.

During the conversation, Rutte mentioned the example of Denmark, a regular customer of Lockheed Martin for the F-35 aircraft. Trump responded only in a reserved manner. These do not appear to be the only contacts with the White House; German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have also been involved.

On January 20, Rutte briefed the ambassadors of the 32 NATO member states, gathered at the Atlantic Council in Brussels, on the purpose of this initiative. The Alliance Secretary proposed continuing the dialogue within the US-Denmark-Greenland “working group”, which was the only outcome of the meeting with Vance. The suggestion was supported by the Danes and other key countries, including the British. Most importantly, the American Whitaker gave his approval.

Of course, Trump's seal of approval was needed. At the bilateral meeting yesterday, January 21, Rutte used all his skills for diplomacy and persuasion. "We have a framework agreement," said the US president. Now the details, which are as complicated as ever, remain to be clarified. The main issue remains the ownership of the territory. Some suggest the model of Guantanamo, the naval base that was granted a perpetual concession by the Cuban government to the US in 1903./ Corriere della Sera


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