Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen on Wednesday, 27 Aug., summoned the United States’ chargé d’affaires, Mark Stroh, after the state broadcaster DR reported that three Americans with links to President Donald Trump had run covert influence operations in Greenland. According to DR’s investigation, the Americans compiled lists of pro- and anti-Trump Greenlanders and courted local politicians and businesspeople in an effort to weaken ties between Copenhagen and the resource-rich Arctic territory. The broadcaster cited eight Danish, Greenlandic and U.S. security sources; it did not name the alleged operatives. Rasmussen called any attempt to sway internal affairs of “the Kingdom” unacceptable. Denmark’s security service PET warned separately that Greenland remains a target for foreign influence campaigns seeking to exploit tensions over the island’s future status. In a written reply, the U.S. State Department confirmed Stroh’s meeting and said it “reaffirmed the strong ties among the governments of Greenland, the United States and Denmark,” adding that Washington “does not control or direct the actions of private U.S. citizens.” Greenland, home to roughly 57,000 people and significant rare-earth and strategic mineral deposits, has drawn heightened U.S. interest since Trump openly expressed a desire to acquire the territory in 2019 and again during his presidency. Both Copenhagen and Nuuk have repeatedly rejected any transfer of sovereignty.