We are not thrilled that the NATO secretary general jokes with Trump about Greenland,” Jarlov said on the social media platform X. He added that attempts to annex Greenland would mean war between two NATO countries.

President Donald Trump said Thursday the U.S. really needs Greenland "for national security" and suggested more U.S. troops could be heading that way.

President Donald Trump expressed confidence on Thursday that the United States would annex Greenland. "I think that will happen," he told reporters during a meeting in the Oval Office. Greenland's pro-business opposition Demokraatit party,