Stephen Miller Says No-one Will Fight US Over Greenland

White House deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, said “nobody's going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland” when repeatedly probed on whether the U.S. would launch operations against the strategic Arctic territory.

Miller, a top aide to President Donald Trump, told CNN on Monday it was the administration’s “formal position” that Greenland “should be part of the United States.” He then questioned Denmark‘s claim to Greenland.

Trump has long coveted Greenland-the vast, sparsely populated territory is rich in minerals and hosts the U.S. space base of Pituffik, which is key for detecting long-range missiles bound for the U.S. mainland. It is a semi-autonomous part of Denmark, and both Danish and Greenlandic officials have hit back at U.S. overtures toward the island with increasing force.

Both the U.S. and Denmark are part of NATO, protected by the alliance’s Article 5 that considers an attack on one to be an assault on all. For the U.S., its most influential member, to possibly turn its military on another NATO state would rip apart the basis of the alliance.

This is a developing story. More to follow.

Newsweek

This story was originally published January 6, 2026 at 2:44 AM.