Denmark said on Monday it would spend 14.6 billion Danish kroner ($2.05 billion) boosting its military capabilities in the Arctic – a decision that comes amid continuing furor following US President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in controlling Greenland,

The poll showed that 45% of Greenlanders see Trump’s proposal as a threat, while 43% see it as an opportunity. Trump has said that Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, is strategically important to the United States.

KoBold is part of something called the Disko-Nuussuaq project, a mining effort to drill for minerals along Greenland’s western coast. It has also secured a Mineral Exploration License for Disko Island—which is located off Greenland’s west coast—for the years 2024-30.

Denmark is increasing military spending in the North Atlantic amid President Donald Trump’s bid to have Greenland sold or ceded to the United States.

According to experts, Greenland is “ground zero for how the Arctic has become more geopolitically and strategically significant.”

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday repealing former President Joe Biden's efforts to block oil drilling in the Arctic and along large areas off the U.S. coasts, according to the White House.

President Donald Trump started his second term with his sights set on Greenland. When Trump first proposed buying the arctic nation during his first administration, it was treated like a joke. But in a phone call last week with Denmark’s prime minister,

BERLIN, January 31. /TASS/. NATO could make a proposal to US President Donald Trump for a significant expansion of the alliance's military presence in the Arctic amid his push for the US to take control over Greenland, the DPA news agency reported, citing NATO sources.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio asserts that President Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland and reasserting control over the Panama Canal stems from legitimate national security threats posed by China’s growing influence in these strategic areas.

President Donald Trump’s bid for the island is an old idea without much appeal among modern drillers and miners, analysts say.

The US president says he wants Greenland for security reasons. But Greenland is not terra nullius ripe for American colonisation.