The spying order, known as a “collection emphasis message,” was sent to the heads of U.S. intelligence agencies instructing the use of surveillance satellites, wiretaps, and spies to gather information in Greenland and Denmark,

US intelligence agencies were recently ordered to spy on Greenland as President Donald Trump continues to threaten to take over the country.

America’s intelligence leaders were directed last week to focus on learning more about Greenland’s independence movement and attitudes toward a greater US presence to support President Trump’s bid to convince residents of the world’s largest island to join the United States.