Trump has shown interest in making Greenland part of the US and has not dismissed the use of military or economic power.

Frederiksen, who met on Tuesday with European leaders including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, said she had received 'a great deal of support' from Europe following Donald Trump's threats to gain control of Greenland.

Denmark is doing everything possible to dissuade Trump from wanting to take control of Greenland. The country's Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, announced that she has received support from "European leaders.

The EU is "ready to defend" Greenland from the United States despite Donald Trump's belief that the US is "going to have it". The US president said Denmark standing in the way of Washington's pursuit of the strategically important territory would be "a very unfriendly act