Trump says ‘no comment’ when asked if he would take Greenland by force

Tánaiste Simon Harris warned that the US threats against Greenland and sweeping new tariffs on European countries ould have an “enormous” destabilising effect

Mr Trump told Norway's prime minister in a letter that he no longer feels obligated "to think purely of peace" because he had not been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Picture: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

US President Donald Trump answered "no comment" when asked if he would use force to seize Greenland.

In a brief telephone interview with NBC News, Trump declined to rule out seizing the Arctic island, an autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark, by force.