President Trump had a “firm” phone conversation with Denmark’s prime minister last week to convey his serious intentions of acquiring Greenland, according to a report citing officials privy to the talk.

Trump tells Danish PM he’s serious about taking over Greenland in ‘fiery’ call that has Danes in ‘crisis mode’ - President has wanted the U.S. to obtain Greenland since his first term

Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, and the two agreed that the topic of Greenland will be discussed at a later time, the Danish foreign ministry said in a statement.

Denmark agreed on Friday to discuss the Arctic region with Washington, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said, after his first phone call with the secretary of state from the administration of President Donald Trump,

President Donald Trump had European officials scrambling after he reportedly told Denmark he was dead serious about taking over Greenland

During last week's tense call with the Danish premier, Trump insisted he was serious about taking over Greenland, the Financial Times reported, raising fears about the future of trans-Atlantic relations.

Trump has expressed interest in making Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, part of the United States. He has not ruled out using military or economic measures to persuade Denmark to hand it over.

One European diplomat told Axios that Denmark was widely seen as America’s closest ally in the European Union, and that no one could have imagined it’d be the first Trump would pick a

Trump reportedly doubled down on his threat to seize Greenland in a phone call with Denmark’s prime minister, sending the country’s government into a panic.

President Trump said Denmark will “come along” on the potential sale of Greenland and emphasized the U.S. and others need the Arctic island to fortify international security in the region.

The story goes that Trump and Frederiksen spoke on the phone last week for about 45 minutes in what was expected to be a bit of a feeling-out between the two parties, given Trump’s very public declaration that he would like to take Greenland off Denmark’s hands.