A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation met with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen on January 16, 2026, during the two-hour reporting window from 11:46 AM to 1:46 PM UTC, as part of a "Trump reassurance" tour addressing President Donald Trump's threats to acquire Greenland, according to an X post by Punchbowl News reporter Andrew Desiderio. The delegation, on its latest stop in Denmark, also began meetings with parliamentarians during this period, Desiderio reported. Separately, NBC News correspondent Ryan Obles spoke with Rasmus Jarlov, Chair of Denmark's Defense Committee and member of the Folketing, who stated, "I don't think you're going to find anyone here in Parliament who would be willing to sign a sale of Greenland. It's something we're just not going to do." Jarlov described Trump's rhetoric as literal threats, saying, "We have to react to what he's saying. He's literally threatening us with war, with invasion of our territory," according to Obles' X posts shared over the past two hours. Jarlov rejected interpretations of Trump's statements as strategic negotiation tactics, adding, "We hear a lot of this Trump whispering, where people hear Trump say something insane and then they come up with very alternative interpretations." Bipartisan U.S. members of Congress pledged support for Denmark's position against any Trump-led takeover of Greenland during their visit, Obles reported. No official statements from the Danish government or U.S. Congress appeared in the sources during this window. This diplomatic activity follows earlier reports of NATO reinforcements in Greenland, including deployments of 37 personnel from seven countries to Nuuk and a French A330 MRTT aircraft carrying Danish fighter planes toward the territory, as noted in prior coverage this morning.
