The US diplomat was summoned after three Trump-connected Americans allegedly ran covert operations to influence Greenland’s split from Denmark

Denmark’s foreign minister had the top US diplomat in the country summoned for talks after the main national broadcaster reported on Wednesday that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland.

Greenland, a huge semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic, is coveted by Trump. Denmark, a Nato ally of the United States, and Greenland have said the island is not for sale and condemned reports of the US gathering intelligence there.

Public broadcaster DR reported on Wednesday that government and security sources which it did not name, as well as unidentified sources in Greenland and the US, believe that at least three Americans with connections to Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in the territory.

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