The Danish Army Chief landed with combat troops in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on the evening of January 19, 2026, aboard an aircraft, according to a TV2 report shared on X by @OJoelsen between 8:46 p.m. and 9:16 p.m. UTC. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced completing a phone call just minutes ago with German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz, briefing him on Fico's discussion with U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday evening in Florida, as stated in Fico's X post during the same 29-minute window. Fico said Trump is pursuing U.S. nation-state interests and criticized EU climate targets and migration policy for undermining the bloc's credibility with world leaders, per his post. Fico plans to send an open letter tomorrow to the European Commission president and inform EU heads of state. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson stated differences between the U.S. and UK on Greenland represent "a little rift" that both sides will get beyond, posing no threat to the special relationship, according to a GB News X post shared between 8:46 p.m. and 9:16 p.m. UTC. These developments follow NORAD's announcement earlier between 8:16 p.m. and 8:46 p.m. UTC of military aircraft arriving soon at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland for planned Arctic activities with Denmark, as previously reported.
