Donald Trump has been told to “stop the threats” by the Danish Prime Minister, amid fears the US may try to take control of Greenland. It comes after Katie Miller, the wife of Trump aide Stephen Miller, posted a map of Greenland in the colours of the American flag alongside the word “SOON” on X.

Mette Frederiksen said it “makes absolutely no sense” to talk about the US taking over Greenlannd. The Danish Prime Minister added that Trump has “no right to annex any of the three nations in the Danish kingdom”. She continued in a statement posted on the Danish government website: “I would therefore strongly urge the United States to stop the threats against a historically close ally and against another country and another people who have very clearly said that they are not for sale.”

The recent military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, has sparked fears that the US could take over Greenland next. Greenland, an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, is seen as strategically important for defence and as a future source of mineral wealth.

US troops stormed the home of the Venezuelan leader in the early hours of Saturday morning (January 3) in an operation on the scale of nothing seen since World War Two. Maduro is now in custody in the US and will stand trial on drug and weapons charges.

Trump has since confirmed that Venezuela will be ruled by the US for the unforeseeable future. He added that American oil companies would “start making money for the country”.