President-elect Donald Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric at U.S. allies and potential adversaries with arguments that the frontiers of American power need to be extended into Canada and the Danish territory of 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.

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.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Wednesday said the European Union will not permit President-elect Trump to attempt to take Greenland by military force.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says the European Union (EU) will stand firm in its alliance in the face of repeated comments from President-elect Trump about the U.S. acquiring Greenland

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Thursday (Jan 9) said that Greenland's sovereignty must be respected after United States president-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military

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

Denmark's prime minister said Thursday she had reached out to President-elect Donald Trump following his remarks about taking control of Greenland.

After Denmark, France and Germany have strongly condemned Donald Trump's controversial Greenland ambitions, with leaders from both countries declaring that the territory rightfully belongs to the European Union.

European leaders reacted to Trump's statement at a press conference on Tuesday that he would not rule out military action to take control of Greenland. He had earlier vowed to slap high tariffs on Denmark if it refused to cede its autonomous territory.