Trump news at a glance: Danish PM believes US president still wants to own Greenland

 Trump news at a glance: Danish PM believes US president still wants to own Greenland

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen has said she believes Donald Trump still wants to own Greenland, despite dialling back his recent threats to seize it by force.

Asked at the Munich Security Conference if the US president still wanted to own the Arctic island, Frederiksen said: “Unfortunately, I think the desire is the same.”

Trump’s designs on Greenland have caused tension to soar between the United States and Europe. Last month, he backed down from his threats to seize the island, an autonomous territory of ally Denmark, after striking what he called a “framework” deal with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte.

But relations have remained strained.

Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said the pressure on the island’s people was “unacceptable”. But Nielsen said “some steps” had been taken “in the right direction”.