Denmark plans to call in US ambassador

8/5/2025 6:10

Danish Foreign Minister Lars

Lokke Rasmussen said on Wednesday he would call in the acting

U.S. ambassador to Denmark after the Wall Street Journal

reported United States President Donald Trump administration

ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to step up spying on

Greenland.



"I have read the article in the Wall Street Journal and it

worries me greatly because we do not spy on friends," Rasmussen

told reporters during an informal meeting of EU foreign

ministers in Warsaw.



"We are going to call in the U.S. acting ambassador for

a discussion at the foreign ministry to see if we can confirm

this information, which is somewhat disturbing," Rasmussen

added.



Trump has repeatedly said he wants to



take over Greenland



, a semi-autonomous Danish territory and expand existing

U.S. military presence on the island.