President Trump is doubling down on his efforts to acquire Greenland from Denmark, and now the Danish government is pushing back.

As President Trump pushes for Greenland to join the U.S., a new poll finds 85% of the semi-autonomous Danish territory's residents oppose the move. Why it matters: Trump has stepped up his push push for Greenland since he won November's election despite the terrotory's leader and Denmark's prime minister saying it's not for sale and told reporters Saturday he thinks the U.

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

Denmark’s prime minister is on a tour of major European capitals as the continent faces what she called “a more uncertain reality” and her country moves to strengthen its military presence around Greenland.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sought to drum up support from European allies to stand up to Donald Trump’s efforts to appropriate Greenland, as she tried to project unity while avoiding antagonizing the US president.

President Trump is doubling down on his efforts to acquire Greenland from Denmark, and now the Danish government is pushing back.

France offered to deploy troops to Greenland after Donald Trump repeatedly signaled he’d like to annex the Danish territory, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said. Barrot said in an interview with Sud Radio that France had “started discussing” sending troops to Greenland,

France could send troops to Greenland to defend against Donald Trump's threat to take control of the Danish territory, according to a high-ranking official. French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot told Sud Radio that France had discussed troop deployment with Denmark,