The Danish military sent explosives and blood supplies to Greenland in January as part of contingency planning for a US attack, as tensions with Donald Trump escalated over his push to take control of the Arctic island.
Two European officials on Thursday confirmed a report by DR, Denmark’s public broadcaster, about how the Nordic country tried to raise the cost for Trump if he tried to use force to take control of Greenland. France and Germany backed Copenhagen in this approach, the officials said.
“We were very worried this was going to go really wrong,” said one European official about Trump’s repeated threats over Greenland in January.