The prospect of American annexation has reinvigorated ties between the island and Copenhagen, though aspirations for independence persist.

Officials summoned the American ambassador to express its displeasure after the Trump Administration was said be ratcheting up surveillance.

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,