Greenland PM tells people to prepare for possible invasion

Greenland’s prime minister said the Arctic island’s population and its authorities need to start preparing for a possible military invasion, even as it remains an unlikely scenario, as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to threaten taking over the territory, Bloomberg reports.

“It’s not likely there will be a military conflict, but it can’t be ruled out,” Bloomberg quoted Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen as saying at a press conference in the capital Nuuk on Tuesday.

Greenland’s government will form a task force consisting of representatives of all relevant local authorities to help people prepare for any disruptions to daily life, Nielsen said. The government is working on distributing new guidelines to the population, including a recommendation to have enough food for five days stored in their homes.

Trump has said he needs to own Greenland for security reasons and had earlier on Tuesday posted an AI-generated image of himself planting a US flag on the island.

Greenland, with a population of 57,000, is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but has its own government overseeing most aspects of life bar defense and foreign policy.

Denmark has in recent days deployed more troops in Greenland to boost Arctic defense. Seven other NATO countries last week deployed a handful of officers on the island as part of Operation Arctic Endurance. Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command will now expand the military exercises to potentially run year-round, Bloomberg reported citing a Greenlandic newspaper. The U.S. president on Saturday threatened to impose new tariffs from Feb. 1 on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies that are sending military personnel, escalating tensions between Washington and Europe.