U.S. President Donald Trump aggressively defended his plans to take over Greenland in a phone wall with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Jan. 24. In the weeks leading up to his inauguration,

Trump made it clear that he was "serious" about acquiring Greenland, but Danish PM Mette Frederiksen rejected the idea outright, stating Denmark was not interested in "selling" the mineral-rich island.

The story goes that Trump and Frederiksen spoke on the phone last week for about 45 minutes in what was expected to be a bit of a feeling-out between the two parties, given Trump’s very public declaration that he would like to take Greenland off Denmark’s hands.

President Trump reportedly held a “fiery” call with Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen over the president’s insistence that U.S. control of Greenland is necessary for American national security.

Donald Trump spoke with the prime minister of Denmark about potentially acquiring Greenland. It did not go well

President Trump wants Greenland, and he's reportedly making that very clear to its current ownership. The Hill reports that Trump had a "fiery" 45-minute phone call with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Jan.

Trump tells Danish PM he’s serious about taking over Greenland in ‘fiery’ call that has Danes in ‘crisis mode’ - President has wanted the U.S. to obtain Greenland since his first term