The Danish government announced a major plan to bolster Greenland’s defence capacity just hours after US President-elect Donald Trump publicly repeated his desire to purchase the Arctic country, home to just 56,000 people.

Without giving specifics, Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen told Danish media outlet Jyllands-Posten that Copenhagen would invest a “double digit" billion amount in Danish krone to upgrade the country’s defences.

The unspecified defence spending could amount to anywhere from €1.34 billion to €13.27 billion.

Trump said on Sunday on his social media platform, Truth Social, that the US would seek ownership and control of Greenland for “purposes of national security and freedom throughout the world”.

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