Denmark is increasing military spending in the North Atlantic amid President Donald Trump’s bid to have Greenland sold or ceded to the United States.

Denmark's sovereignty is an "essential issue" for the EU, the European Council President said in an interview on Wednesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to express interest in claiming Greenland for the United States.

The prime minister does a European tour while announcing more spending on security around the island, following President Trump’s stated desire to have Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory, as part of the U.

A new poll found nearly half of Greenlanders see Trump's interest in the Arctic island as a threat; 85 percent don't want to become part of the US.

Denmark said on Monday it would spend 14.6 billion Danish kroner ($2.05 billion) boosting its military capabilities in the Arctic – a decision that comes amid continuing furor following US President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in controlling Greenland,

The president’s confrontational foreign policy has created opportunity for his allies on K Street who are willing to take on clients he has targeted.

Trump has refused to rule out using military force to acquire the Arctic island, arguing that controlling Greenland is a “necessity” for economic security.

Denmark, a country that continually lands among the top the list of places with the best quality of life and work-life balance stands apart from the United States in its treatment of workers.

As a new Donald Trump presidency begins in the United States, Copenhagen and more specifically Greenland have been making more headlines.

Denmark's energy agency on Tuesday said it had granted Nord Stream 2 AG, a unit of Russia's Gazprom , permission to conduct preservation work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, which was damaged in a series of blasts in 2022.

The Danes have not asked for it, but the Dutch Cabinet still wants to “express solidarity with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen,” said Caspar Veldkamp (Foreign Affairs) in a parliamentary debate on the upcoming EU formal summit.