The Dutchman, who has cultivated good relations with the American president, proposed transferring sovereignty over the Pituffik military base. These concessions still need to be approved by the Danish and Greenlandic authorities.

The argument over Greenland has threatened to reignite a trade war with Europe and upend the NATO alliance that underpins Western security.

Trump's aggressive stance on Greenland strains NATO, challenging European sovereignty and igniting unprecedented transatlantic tensions.