Denmark's sovereignty is an "essential issue" for the EU, the European Council President said in an interview on Wednesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to express interest in claiming Greenland for the United States.

Europe is uniting in response to US President Donald Trump’s efforts to appropriate Greenland. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sought to drum up support from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris before a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Trump has refused to rule out using military force to acquire the Arctic island, arguing that controlling Greenland is a “necessity” for economic security.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth joined Wednesday's Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News, where he was asked about the U.S. potentially acquiring Greenland.

Denmark has agreed to buy three new Arctic ships to boost maritime security in the Arctic, and particularly around Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

President Trump told Denmark’s leader he wanted to take over Greenland, European officials say. Denmark has asked its E.U. allies not to inflame the situation until Mr. Trump’s intentions are clearer.

Denmark is in “crisis mode” after Donald Trump made a direct play for Greenland in a “horrendous” phone call with the country’s prime minister.

Denmark this week announced a $2 billion security package for Greenland, making another large commitment to the defense of the Arctic nation as President Trump repeatedly calls to acquire the

President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.

Greenland, a strategically important Arctic island, has gained international attention after President Trump declared his intention to buy it.

The road south from Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, runs out at the tip of a blizzard-scoured peninsula stretching into the Labrador Sea. Icebergs drift beyond the sea ice toward the open ocean, carved off the glacier some 100 kilometers away at the head of the Nuup Kangerlua fjord.