Far-right European leaders who have supported Trump's anti-democratic, authoritarian, and anti-immigrant stances have turned on him after his threats to annex Greenland. His threats, which he has somewhat backed off from, would violate Denmark's oversight of the island country and severely damage the United States' longstanding relationship with the 12 European countries involved in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a coalition to protect member countries from aggression.
The White House said in a statement in response to queries from Reuters that Trump sees acquiring Greenland as a US national security priority necessary to "deter our adversaries in the Arctic region." "The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilising the US military is always an option at the commander-in-chief's disposal," the White House said.