Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called Thursday for increased Arctic defense collaboration with the United States during a visit to Greenland, and firmly dismissed the US desire to annex the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

The United States will not take over Greenland, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said after arriving on Wednesday for a three-day visit to the semi-autonomous Danish island. (Reporting by Tom Little in Nuuk and Louise Breusch Rasmussen in Copenhagen,

He has cajoled. He has poked and prodded. He has whined. He has boasted. This is classic Donald Trump. No, he is not howling about war with Democrats; he is talking about acquiring Greenland, and like a junkyard dog,

Donald Trump condensed his reasoning to why he wants a bigger US influence in Greenland to just two words - his and vice president JD Vance's comments have annoyed Danish officials

The move to try and annex Greenland has not been received favorably by Greenlanders or Danes who are almost all against Trump's plans which have angered the island nation