Denmark to increase military spending in North Atlantic by $2 billion amid row with Trump over Greenland

The authorities of Denmark says it volition summation subject spending successful the North Atlantic amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to person Greenland sold oregon ceded to the United States. 

Late Monday, the Danish government announced an statement of 14.6 billion-kroner – oregon astir $2 cardinal – with parties including the governments of Greenland and the Faroe Islands to "improve capabilities for surveillance and maintaining sovereignty successful the region."

The Defense Ministry successful Copenhagen said those volition see 3 caller Arctic naval vessels, 2 further long-range surveillance drones and outer capacity. 

On Tuesday, Denmark’s premier minister, Mette Frederiksen, traveled to respective large European capitals, including Berlin, Paris and Brussels, wherever she met NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks to the media pursuing talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not seen) astatine the Chancellery connected January 28, 2025 successful Berlin, Germany. (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Frederiksen warned that Europe faces what she called "a much uncertain reality" and said her state would beryllium strengthening its subject beingness astir Greenland.

The travel comes aft Trump has repeatedly made assorted statements calling Greenland captious to U.S. nationalist and economical information interests and expressed involvement successful purchasing it from Denmark. Trump has adjacent said helium wouldn’t regularisation retired utilizing subject unit to summation power of the island's territory. 

Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede (left) and President-elect Donald Trump (right). (Getty Images / Fox News Digital)

Frederiksen didn't straight notation Trump's menace successful comments astatine a gathering with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, but she said that "we are facing a much uncertain reality, a world that calls for an adjacent much agreed Europe and for much cooperation."

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She pointed to Russian activities successful Ukraine and beyond and said that "it is up to Europe to specify the aboriginal of our continent, and I deliberation we person to instrumentality much work for our ain security."

In its announcement connected the Arctic and North Atlantic region, the Danish Defense Ministry said that the parties agreed to negociate a 2nd statement successful the archetypal fractional of this twelvemonth focused connected strengthening deterrence and defense.

Qaqortoq, Greenland.  (Fox News)

"We indispensable look the information that determination are superior challenges regarding information and defence successful the Arctic and North Atlantic," Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said. "For this reason, we indispensable fortify our beingness successful the region."

His ministry said ensuring that investments supply enactment for section jobs and businesses successful Greenland and the Faroe Islands volition beryllium "a focal point." 

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Greenland's authorities has insisted that the territory isn't for merchantability but that it is unfastened to cooperation. The Defense Ministry connection didn't notation Trump's ambitions.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.