NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds a press conference ahead of NATO Defense Ministers' Meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 11, 2026. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that he had a "very productive meeting" with NATO's Rutte.
"We have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations," Trump wrote at the time.
RUSSIA, CHINA SQUEEZE US ARCTIC DEFENSE ZONE AS TRUMP EYES GREENLAND
U.S. President Donald Trump listens as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting on Jan. 21, 2026, in Davos, Switzerland. ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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"These activities include, among others, Denmark’s Arctic Endurance, a series of multi-domain exercises designed to enhance Allied ability to operate in the region, and Norway’s upcoming exercise Cold Response, where troops from across the Alliance have already begun to arrive," the release states.
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