Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Denmark does not appreciate the "tone" that the U.S. has been using regarding Greenland.

Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said there is nothing that’s stopping the Americans from setting up more bases in Greenland amid the territory’s fight to not be acquired by the

Denmark announced that it is speeding up its plans to draft women into the military on March 25 amid tensions with Russia and the U.S. over Greenland, according to Copenhagen's Ministry of Defense. Newsweek reached out to the Danish Ministry of Defense for comment via email.

We can’t just ignore the president’s desires,” Vice President Vance says of President Trump’s eagerness to annex the Danish territory.

N UUK, Greenland — U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife are due to visit an American military base in Greenland on Friday in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar among Greenlanders and Danes who were irked that the original itinerary was planned without consulting them.

We are open to criticism, but let me be completely honest — we do not appreciate the tone in which its is being delivered,” Rasmussen said in a video message.

The president said that nothing was "off the table" with regards to Washington taking control of the Arctic island.

Thule Air Base was renamed Pituffik Space Base in April 2023 to “recognize Greenlandic cultural heritage,” and the site continues to handle missile defense, space surveillance and a system that detects ballistic missiles before they fly near U.S. soil.