Donald Trump expressed confidence in the U.S. taking control of Greenland, stating, “I think we’re going to have it.” Trump justified the claim by highlighting the island's strategic importance to global freedom,

The story goes that Trump and Frederiksen spoke on the phone last week for about 45 minutes in what was expected to be a bit of a feeling-out between the two parties, given Trump’s very public declaration that he would like to take Greenland off Denmark’s hands.