The call did not go well and Trump was aggressive and confrontational with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, FT reported.

US President Donald Trump called Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and demanded that Greenland be handed over. This is reported by the Financial Times with reference to five current and former high-ranking European officials.

NATO is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region after a string of incidents that have heightened concerns about possible Russian activities, the alliance’s leader said.

NATO boss Mark Rutte said Trump "has been right many times ... "We need to dialogue with him and I like very much the reaction of Mette Frederiksen, the Prime Minister of Denmark, who did not immediately react to what he said about Greenland — but ...

The move marks yet another step in the systematic military encircling of Russia by the US-led military alliance, which continues to back the far-right Ukrainian regime in a war aimed at inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow and subjugating its territory to semi-colonial status.

It may be too extreme for Canada or Denmark to view the U.S. as an enemy in the wake of Trump annexation threats, but the line between enmity and amity is currently blurred.

Donald Trump's interest in controlling Greenland highlights US security concerns over Arctic geopolitics. Denmark firmly rejects the idea, emphasizing Greenland's sovereignty, while European leaders defend international law and territorial integrity.

But his recent rhetoric has ruffled feathers in Europe, with Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen hitting back saying that ... meaning an attack on Greenland would compel other NATO allies, including the US, to come to its defence.

General Martin Herem, former head of Estonia’s defence forces, has speculated that NATO could blockade the Baltic. However, given that this would amount to a declaration of war, NATO has opted for a less confrontational approach: surveillance.

Addressing EU lawmakers on Monday, NATO chief Mark Rutte insisted that Europe needs to massively ramp up its defence spending. "We are safe now, we might not be safe in five years," he said. The former Dutch prime minister warned the alliance’s threshold of 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) was "not nearly enough" to face the growing risk from

President Trump reportedly held a “fiery” call with Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen over the president’s insistence that U.S. control of Greenland is necessary for American national security.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, front left, and Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, front right, talk during a summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries in Helsinki, Finland, Tuesday ...