Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev stated over the past 30 minutes that European leaders would 'give up Greenland' without resistance to annexation threats by U.S. President Donald Trump, mocking Europe's response as weak, according to a post by DeItaone on X as U.S. Vice President JD Vance met Danish and Greenlandic officials at the White House on January 14, 2026. Medvedev's remarks coincided with the recently concluded White House meeting between Vice President Vance and a delegation led by Danish Foreign Minister Løkke Rasmussen, which ended earlier in the afternoon, according to sentdefender on X and a White House statement quoting President Trump on the need for U.S. control of Greenland for national security. The comments follow Sweden's deployment of Armed Forces officers to Greenland today for the Danish exercise Operation Arctic Endurance, as confirmed by the Swedish Prime Minister's office on X, amid heightened tensions over the territory.
