Nuuk, Greenland: The Taoiseach has been clear about his approach in recent days, emphasising that Greenland ‘is part of Denmark and the European Union is rock-solid behind Denmark’. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesThe political landscape in Ireland and across the rest of the EU will be transformed if Donald Trump proceeds with his threat to annex Greenland. The Taoiseach has been clear about his approach in recent days, emphasising that Greenland “is part of Denmark and the European Union is rock-solid behind Denmark”. While it doesn’t have the military might of the US, the EU does have enormous power if its members stick together. There has been an American military presence in Greenland since the second World War.

Source: The Irish Times January 09, 2026 15:00 UTC