Denmark announced a major new package to boost the security of Greenland in a move the Danish defense minister called “ironic” because it came just two days after President-elect Trump called for U.S.

Denmark is increasing defense spending in Greenland, said a Danish official Tuesday who called the announcement's timing with President-elect Trump's suggestion that the U.S. should own the territory an "irony of fate.

Since his first term, President-elect Donald Trump has insisted that the United States should purchase Greenland - to the bewilderment of aides asked to investigate such a possibility, and despite repeated denials by top officials in Greenland and Denmark, of which the island is an autonomous territory, that it would ever be for sale at any price.

Trump again having designs on Greenland comes after the president-elect suggested over the weekend that the U.S. could retake control of the Panama Canal if something isn't done to ease rising shipping costs required for using the waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

President-elect Donald Trump made several social media posts Wednesday about foreign policy proposals, including a lengthy post where he implied he would be interested in gaining control of Greenland,

Donald Trump has said that acquiring Greenland is necessary "for purposes of national security and freedom throughout the world."

The incoming US President has again claimed ownership of the giant frozen land as he said having it was an “absolute necessity” for America