Frederiksen was meeting on Tuesday with European leaders including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Denmark's prime minister plans stops in Berlin, Paris and Brussels on tour of European capitals as Copenhagen moves to strengthen its presence in Greenland.

The Danish PM's tour of three capitals betrayed the nervousness felt in Denmark over Trump's repeated comments.

Europe is uniting in response to US President Donald Trump’s efforts to appropriate Greenland. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sought to drum up support from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris before a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Mette Frederiksen set to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Brussels - Anadolu Ajansı

BERLIN - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is turning to her European allies for help in dealing with US President Donald Trump’s demands to appropriate Greenland.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states of the alliance on Monday to step up defence spending beyond their common goal of 2% of national output set a decade ago, saying this was now too low because of new challenges.

Chancellor Scholz meets with Danish Premier Frederiksen in Berlin, stresses 'inviolability of borders' is fundamental principle of international law - Anadolu Ajansı

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DAVOS, Switzerland — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte admitted that U.S. President Donald Trump is being absolutely fair to demand that European allies spend more on defense. "He is right of course, that the problem is not the U.S. and the problem is ...

The return of Trump will once again put European defense spending levels at the center of the United States’ approach to NATO. Over the past several years, NATO members have boosted investments, with about 20 out of 32 members hitting the alliance’s benchmark of spending 2% of gross domestic product on defense.

Frederiksen didn't directly mention Trump's threat in comments at a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, but said that “we are facing a more uncertain reality, a reality that calls for an even more united Europe and for more cooperation.