Apparently there is a dispute in Trump’s team about the Greenland course

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Lerato Khumalo

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Reports: Dispute among Trump advisers over Greenland


Updated on 01/22/2026 – 05:49 amReading time: 45 minutes

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Trump advisor Stephen Miller (l.) is considered a hardliner, while Foreign Minister Marco Rubio prefers diplomacy. (archive image) (Source: IMAGO/Francis Chung/imago)

Donald Trump speaks of an agreement in the Greenland dispute. US Senator Kelly talks about presidential plans. All developments in the news blog.

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other Islamic-majority countries have announced that they will join the controversial “Peace Council” led by US President Donald Trump. We welcome Trump’s invitation and will join the committee, said a joint statement from the foreign ministers of the eight countries, which also include Indonesia, Jordan and Qatar. The United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Pakistan are also taking part, but had already announced their participation separately in advance.

The ministers reaffirmed their countries’ commitment to support the implementation of the mandate of the Peace Council as an interim administration in the Gaza Strip, as set out in the Plan to End the Gaza Conflict and approved by the UN Security Council.

According to a media report, US President Donald Trump’s move on the Greenland issue has led to significant tensions among his closest advisors. Accordingly, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco are pushing
Rubio on a diplomatic middle ground. In contrast, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller was open to keeping annexation and the use of military force as options, two sources said
in the White House. The idea of ​​using punitive tariffs as a means of pressure came from Trade Secretary Howard Lutnick.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte sees a lot of work still to be done by the parties involved on the politically controversial issue of Greenland. In talks with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, it was agreed that the Arctic region must be protected together, the Dutchman told US broadcaster Fox News. Of course, the USA would also continue its talks with Greenland and Denmark if the aim was to prevent Russia and China from gaining access to Greenland’s economy.

He considers this a “very good result,” said Rutte and added: “There is still a lot to do.” It was agreed to work on the question of what NATO could do together to protect the entire Arctic region. There is much to be done to ensure that everything necessary is done on land, at sea and in the air to protect this important part of the world and NATO territory.