Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sought to drum up support from European allies to stand up to Donald Trump’s efforts to appropriate Greenland, as she tried to project unity while avoiding antagonizing the US president.

The prime minister does a European tour while announcing more spending on security around the island, following President Trump’s stated desire to have Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory, as part of the U.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen received support from German and French leaders on Tuesday in her bid to keep hold of Greenland amid US President Donald Trump's threat to try to take the Arctic territory.

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.

The Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, is appealing to her European allies for help in dealing with US President Donald Trump's demands to appropriate Greenland, Bloomberg reports. Frederiksen is touring major capitals after a $2 billion investment in the defense of the Arctic island,