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 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 and France have warned US President-elect Donald Trump against any attempt to take over Greenland. Trump has repeatedly voiced his desire to acquire Greenland, saying the Danish-administered Arctic Island is “critical” for national and economic security. The president-elect mulled the idea during his first term in 2019.