Danish officials fear Trump is much more serious about acquiring Greenland than in first term

When President-elect Donald Trump mused about buying Greenland from Denmark during his first administration, the Danish prime minister called the idea “absurd” and rebuffed him outright. Now, Danish officials are being warned by Trump allies and advisers that he is serious, multiple Danish officials told CNN. And they’re carefully weighing how to respond without sparking a major rupture with a close ally and fellow NATO member.

“The ecosystem supporting this idea is totally different now” than it was in 2019, when Trump first proposed it, said one senior Danish official. “This seems much more serious,” said another senior Danish official.

Trump said on Tuesday that “we need Greenland for national security purposes.” “People really don’t even know if Denmark has any legal right to it, but if they do, they should give it up, because we need it for national security,” he said at a news conference at Mar-a-Lago.

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