Trump wants Greenland. The EU showed up in Nuuk with €200 million and a promise to more than double it.

Why this is happening. Trump has spent the year pressing for U.S. control of Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory of about 57,000 people. Europe's answer is money and presence rather than a confrontation. Von der Leyen never named him. "Greenland's future is for the people of Greenland and Denmark to decide. No one else." — Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President The package. €200 million ($232 million) across 2026-27, covering climate work, internet connectivity, hydropower, fisheries, education, housing and small business. That is near €3,500 for every person on the island. The bigger number. She said EU budget support should reach about €500 million from 2028. (TS: that is a seven-year pot — €530 million for 2028-34 against €225 million for 2021-27, per the EU's own figures.) The other signal. Arctic Shield runs Sept. 7-18 and puts about 400 troops from Canada, Denmark and Finland on the island. Eleven NATO countries are taking part. The United States is not one of them. What is not in it. Nothing reported in the package blocks a future U.S. minerals or basing deal, and the White House has not responded.