• Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen condemns U.S. over espionage reports.
• Denmark's foreign minister to summon U.S. ambassador for clarification.
• Reports indicate U.S. intelligence efforts to identify Greenland's independence supporters.

The Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen expressed strong outrage following media reports that the Trump administration directed U.S. intelligence agencies to escalate spying efforts in Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. “Of course you can't spy on an ally,” she stated, underscoring the diplomatic tensions arising from such allegations, which she referred to as "rumors" in an international newspaper, as reported by SCMP, Newsweek, and Channel News Asia.

In response to the reports, Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen announced that they would summon the acting U.S. ambassador, Jennifer Hall Godfrey, for a meeting to discuss these unsettling claims. Rasmussen emphasized that “friends don’t spy on each other” and highlighted the urgency of clarifying the situation with the U.S. government, according to Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, and Anadolu Agency.

Reports indicate that U.S. intelligence has been directed to gather information concerning Greenland's independence movement and sentiment on American resource extraction activities in the region. The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed sources stating that intelligence agencies have been instructed to identify supportive individuals in both Greenland and Denmark, according to The New York Times, India Times, and CBS News.

This increase in intelligence focus appears to correlate with President Trump’s repeated assertions regarding the strategic importance of Greenland for U.S. national security. He has openly expressed interest in acquiring the island, with comments suggesting a willingness to consider various means to do so, reflecting on geopolitical dynamics amid concerns from Denmark and Greenland about U.S. intentions, as outlined in reports by India Times and India.com.