Denmark’s foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on 27 August summoned U.S. charge d’affaires Mark Stroh to the ministry in Copenhagen after media reports alleged covert American influence operations in Greenland, the Arctic territory that forms part of the Danish kingdom. Public broadcaster DR, citing eight government and security sources, reported that at least three U.S. citizens with connections to President Donald Trump had been working to sway public opinion on the island. One of the individuals allegedly compiled lists of Greenlanders who supported or opposed closer ties to Washington, while two others tried to cultivate relationships with local politicians and business figures. The reported goal was to weaken Greenland’s relationship with Copenhagen and build support for eventual U.S. control. Rasmussen called any foreign interference in the kingdom’s internal affairs “unacceptable.” Denmark’s Security and Intelligence Service (PET) said Greenland has become a target for “various types of influence campaigns” designed to create discord between the island and Denmark, and that the agency has intensified its presence in Greenland in response. The U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen has not publicly commented on the allegations. The dispute follows repeated statements by President Trump that the United States views Greenland as strategically vital and is interested in acquiring the mineral-rich island, remarks that both Denmark and Greenlandic authorities have consistently rejected.