European leaders are taking President-elect Trump's remarks about acquiring Greenland for the US very seriously. On Wednesday, the day after Trump said he wouldn't rule out using military force, officials in Germany and France warned the president-elect against threatening Greenland,

France and Germany on Wednesday warned Donald Trump against threatening "sovereign borders" after the US president-elect refused to rule out military action to take Greenland, an autonomous territory of European Union member Denmark.

France and Germany have warned Donald Trump that the EU will not tolerate the US invading Greenland. The president-elect floated the idea of the US taking over the autonomous Danish territory in a lengthy press conference at Mar-a-Lago in which he refused to rule out military action to achieve his goal.

Germany has emphasized the necessity of respecting international borders after President-elect Donald Trump hinted at potential military action to gai

The EU's two leading members were reacting to the US president-elect's plans to acquire Denmark's autonomous territory.

European leaders expressed their confusion and pushed back Wednesday against President-elect Donald Trump's refusal to rule out using military force to take over Greenland.

The European Union will not let other nations attack its sovereign borders, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday, responding to comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on taking over Greenland.