Daily brief
President Donald Trump expressed interest in the United States acquiring Greenland, drawing a range of international reactions. A poll indicated most Americans disagreed with the idea, while Denmark's foreign minister acknowledged Trump's point about strategic threats to the territory from China and Russia. The Greenlandic Prime Minister received a warning from Trump after a perceived snub, and European nations debated their military commitments to the region.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Trump at the White House, a move seen as aimed at gaining his support.
The United States announced the start of the second phase of its Gaza peace plan, involving a new Palestinian technocratic committee intended to eventually replace Hamas in governing the strip (ongoing coverage).
President Trump claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, not Russian President Vladimir Putin, is blocking a potential peace deal, a statement publicly agreed with by the Kremlin.
The U.S. Senate blocked a resolution that would have restricted President Trump's authority to use military force in Venezuela.