The Danish foreign minister has summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen to explain a media report alleging that American nationals linked to President Donald Trump are attempting to infiltrate Greenland and run covert influence operations there.

Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Denmark's foreign minister, said in a statement to the Ritzau news agency that it was unsurprising to hear of foreign attempts to influence Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory that Trump wants the U.S. to own for national security reasons.

"Any attempt at interference in the internal affairs of the Kingdom will, of course, be unacceptable," Rasmussen said in his statement, originally in Danish, adding that his ministry had called in the American chargé d'affaires for a meeting.

The Danish publication DR had

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