If Trump did make good on his threat to annex Greenland by force, “that would be the shortest war in the world, there is no defensive capacity in Greenland. The Americans were in charge,” said Ulrik Pram Gad, a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies.

Copenhagen has been deliberating over how to respond to statements by US President-elect Donald Trump about his desire to annex Greenland, amid indications that these remarks are not merely jokes. Danish officials have reportedly received signals from Trump's advisors and allies suggesting that he is serious about his plans.

Greenland PM Mute Egede flew in to meet both the prime minister and King Frederik X on Wednesday. And on Thursday night, party leaders from across the political spectrum gathered

"I don't know what he what he means by that," Florida Senator Rick Scott said when asked about Trump's Greenland comments.

Donald Trump “needs” Greenland – just like he apparently needs Canada and the Panama Canal – and his supporters want to give it to him. In a post on X, Never Trumper group Republicans Against Trump shared a video where a group of Trump supporters listen with phones out to the words of the president-elect,