Scott Bessent argued that Trump is “looking beyond next year to what could happen for a battle in the Arctic.”

Economic ties between the U.S. and Europe could be damaged if Trump moves to take the Danish territory.

President Donald Trump said Friday more tariffs could be coming against countries in opposition of his plan to seize Greenland, a territory of Denmark.

Trump for months has insisted that the U.S. should control Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark.

Trump has sought to justify his calls for a U.S. takeover of Greenland by repeatedly claiming that China and Russia have their own designs on the country.

American President added that "China and Russia want Greenland, and there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it"

Scott Bessent argued that Trump is “looking beyond next year to what could happen for a battle in the Arctic.”

U.S. President Donald Trump dimissed the idea of the European Union firmly opposing his plans to annex Greenland.

Greenland has been thrust into the geopolitical spotlight by U.S. President Donald Trump's takeover threats, and European nations' response.

The senior Russian security official wondered how far the current US leader would go to achieve that goal

For Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has long hoped to see NATO collapse, the current upheaval in transatlantic relations is an opportunity.

The president said the U.S. should have just kept the Danish territory after World War II and that Denmark was being “ungrateful” by not handing it over now.

During a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Trump again made his case to make Greenland a U.S. territory.