Denmark PM says 'you can not spy in opposition to an ally' following studies of US spying on Greenland

[ad_1] Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated Friday that "you can not spy in opposition to an ally" in response to studies that the U.S. was gathering intelligence on Greenland, as U.S. President Donald Trump has continued to counsel buying the Arctic island.

"Cooperation about protection and deterrence and safety within the northern a part of Europe is getting increasingly essential," Frederiksen advised The Related Press. "In fact, you can not spy in opposition to an ally."

Frederiksen made the feedback as Denmark and Greenland push again on Trump's want to amass the autonomous Danish territory, stressing that it's not on the market. Trump, nonetheless, has not dominated out taking it by navy pressure regardless of Denmark being a NATO ally.

GREENLAND'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS ISLAND CANNOT BE BOUGHT, US HAS 'NOT BEEN RESPECTFUL'

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen listens, throughout a gathering of the Joint Expeditionary Drive (JEF) in Oslo, Friday, Could 9, 2025. (AP)

"I don’t rule it out. I don’t say I’m going to do it, however I don’t rule out something," Trump stated earlier this week throughout an interview on NBC Information' "Meet the Press."

"We want Greenland very badly. Greenland is a really small quantity of individuals, which we’ll maintain and we’ll cherish them and all of that, however we want that for worldwide safety," he added.

The Danish prime minister's assertion on Friday got here the day after Denmark summoned the highest American diplomat within the nation for a proof to a report from The Wall Avenue Journal about a number of high-ranking officers underneath the U.S. director of nationwide intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, directing intelligence company heads to gather info on Greenland’s independence movement and views about U.S. useful resource extraction on the island.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in the course of the Joint Expeditionary Drive (JEF) Leaders' Summit in Oslo, Friday, Could 9, 2025. (AP)

Appearing head of the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, Jennifer Corridor Godfrey, met with Danish diplomat Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen on the Danish International Ministry, though particulars of the assembly weren't disclosed.

Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen advised Greenland newspaper Sermitsiaq that the studies of U.S. espionage are unacceptable and disrespectful.

Nielsen stated final month that Greenland "won't ever, ever be a chunk of property that may be purchased by simply anybody" and that "the talks from the US haven't been respectful."

TRUMP SAYS HE WASN'T 'TROLLING' ABOUT ACQUIRING GREENLAND, CANADA AS 51ST STATE

Officers underneath the U.S. director of nationwide intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, directed intelligence company heads to gather info on Greenland’s independence motion and views about U.S. useful resource extraction. (Getty Photos)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Gabbard’s office launched an announcement saying she had made three "prison" referrals to the U.S. Justice Division over intelligence group leaks in response to the report from The Wall Avenue Journal, which cited two sources acquainted with the matter.

"The Wall Avenue Journal ought to be ashamed of aiding deep state actors who search to undermine the President by politicizing and leaking labeled info," Gabbard stated. "They're breaking the regulation and undermining our nation’s safety and democracy. Those that leak labeled info might be discovered and held accountable to the fullest extent of the regulation."