{"id":2548301,"date":"2026-01-22T20:02:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/europe-reasonable-in-private-talks-on-greenland-plan-vance\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:02:48","slug":"europe-reasonable-in-private-talks-on-greenland-plan-vance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/europe-reasonable-in-private-talks-on-greenland-plan-vance\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe &#8216;reasonable&#8217; in private talks on Greenland plan: Vance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feurope-reasonable-in-private-talks-on-greenland-plan-vance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2548301&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President JD Vance told the Washington Examiner that European leaders&#8217; public hostility to President Trump&#8217;s proposal involving Greenland is largely posturing, and that private conversations have been much more reasonable. Speaking en route from Toledo to Minneapolis, Vance said he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are working on a framework for negotiations after Davos, arguing U.S. acquisition or greater control of greenland would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-desantis-visits-usf-announces-20m-cybersecurity-grant\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. DeSantis visits USF, announces M cyber... grant\">strengthen national security<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >secure critical mineral supply chains<\/a>. He said European officials privately acknowledge Greenland&#8217;s importance to NATO and worry that Russia or China coudl move in over the next three to 15 years. Vance warned that if Russia or China gained influence on the island it would weaken U.S. security and missile-defense posture, and emphasized the need to shore up and secure the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance says Europe &lsquo;much more reasonable&rsquo; in private talks on Trump&rsquo;s plan for Greenland<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2480910\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;&nbsp;<\/strong>Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the public hostility exhibited by European leaders regarding President Donald Trump&rsquo;s demands <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greenland\/\">for Greenland<\/a> is simply &ldquo;posturing,&rdquo; and that they&rsquo;ve expressed more &ldquo;reasonable&rdquo; responses to the president&rsquo;s plan in closed-door discussions.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-mocked-over-vp-harris-interview-featuring-extreme-social-distancing\/\" title=\"CNN Mocked O...r VP Harris Interview Featuring Extreme Social Distancing\">vice president sat<\/a> with the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;for a half-hour interview while flying from Toledo, Ohio, to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minneapolis\/\">Minneapolis<\/a> on Thursday morning. While speaking in Toledo, Vance largely reiterated the administration&rsquo;s points that acquiring Greenland would boost American national security interests and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-bidens-ev-plan-could-be-key-to-chinas-global-economic-dominance\/\" title=\"IN-DEPTH: Biden\u2019s EV Plan Could Be Key to ...\u2019s Global Economic Dominance\">critical minerals supply chain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4430335\/qatar-air-force-one-summer-delivery\/\">Qatari Air Force One ready for summer delivery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4429946\/trump-ends-funding-research-using-aborted-baby-tissue-ahead-march-for-life\/\">Trump ends funding for research using aborted baby tissue ahead of March for Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4430188\/trump-rubio-bid-host-world-expo-2035-miami-florida\/\">Trump appoints Rubio to lead bid for hosting World Expo 2035 in Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> asked the vice president, whom Trump has tapped alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio to continue negotiations with Europe on a &ldquo;framework&rdquo; for a new Greenland deal following the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world-economic-forum\/\">World Economic Forum<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/davos\/\">Davos<\/a>, Switzerland, how he and Rubio are game-planning the negotiations, given Europe&rsquo;s open hostility to Trump&rsquo;s demands.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve been incredibly hostile in public, and a lot of this is posturing, right? If you&rsquo;re a European leader, they have to seem like a tough guy against Donald J. Trump,&rdquo; Vance responded. &ldquo;So a lot of this, what we&rsquo;ve seen, is more symbolic posturing for the Europeans. Behind the scenes, they&rsquo;re much more reasonable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The vice president added that, during private negotiations carried out by himself, Rubio, and other senior administration officials, European leaders readily &ldquo;admit&rdquo; that Greenland &ldquo;is important to our shared NATO security alliance&rdquo; and that both Russia and China have signaled designs to move on the island &ldquo;over the next three to 15 years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4429865\/jd-vance-ice-officers-discipline-mistakes-justified\/\"><strong>VANCE: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL DISCIPLINE ICE AGENTS WHEN &lsquo;JUSTIFIED&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve also acknowledged that, God forbid, something significant happened in Greenland, the United States would have to play the leading role in defending it,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;So there&rsquo;s a broad recognition that much of what we said about Greenland is actually true, and it&rsquo;s interesting to juxtapose the public posturing with&nbsp;the very reasonable private negotiations that we&rsquo;ve had with the Europeans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Greenland were to fall into the hands of the Russians and the Chinese, something that even the Danes themselves have admitted could happen at least over the medium and long term, it would make our security weaker,&rdquo; Vance suggested. &ldquo;It would give them power projection abilities. It would make our missile defense weaker, and so these things all counsel in favor of us shoring up that area, making sure it&rsquo;s properly secure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance: Europeans privately more reasonable on Greenland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2548302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25161636611071.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3817,8447,47289,11860,15469],"class_list":["post-2548301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-diplomacy","tag-europe","tag-greenland","tag-negotiations","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25161636611071.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2548301"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2548305,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548301\/revisions\/2548305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2548302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2548301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2548301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2548301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}