Denmark has deployed extra troops to Greenland following threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to take control of the self-governing Danish territory.

On Monday evening, Chief of the Royal Danish Army Peter Boysen, along with a “substantial contribution” of soldiers, landed in Kangerlussuaq in western Greenland, according to public broadcaster DR and other Danish media.

TV2 reported that 58 Danish troops joined roughly 60 others already in the Arctic for multinational military exercises known as Operation Arctic Endurance.

Denmark’s Ministry of Defence and the Danish Armed Forces had not responded to requests for comment at the time.

The deployment came shortly after Trump refused to rule out using military force to secure Greenland, a mineral-rich territory he considers vital to U.S. security. In an NBC News interview, Trump simply said “no comment” when asked if he could seize the island by force.

The U.S. president’s remarks followed a weekend text message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, in which Trump indicated he no longer felt obligated to “think purely of Peace” after not receiving this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

While Denmark has welcomed a strengthened U.S. military presence in Greenland, it has repeatedly stated the territory is not for sale and that any attempt to seize it by force would threaten NATO.

Trump’s insistence on bringing Greenland under U.S. control has strained U.S.-European relations to levels not seen in decades and raised concerns about the stability of the transatlantic security alliance, which includes both the U.S. and Denmark.

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