What Did the White House and Denmark Agree to on Greenland? It Depends Whom You Ask. NYT | Top Stories By: Anton Troianovski, Jeffrey Gettleman and Edward Wong 16 January 2026 at 17:05 The White House and Denmark contradicted each other in public about what they had agreed to this week as President Trump continued to demand U.S. ownership of Greenland. © Marko Djurica/ReutersA Danish military vessel sailing near the old harbor of Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, on Wednesday.