Just when it seemed Donald Trump's territorial ambitions in Greenland couldn't get more ridiculous, the Republican administration kicked things up a notch.

The United States has reportedly encouraged intelligence agencies to ramp up spying efforts in Greenland amid President Donald Trump repeatedly floating the idea of taking over the Arctic island.This comes after Trump threatened to use military force to take over Greenland once again.

A growing number of reports about the island have been included in information circulated in the executive branch and Congress, officials said.

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,

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Wednesday he would call in the acting U.S. ambassador to Denmark after the Wall Street Journal reported United States President Donald Trump administration ordered U.

Denmark has called in the US ambassador over a report that Washington is stepping up its espionage of politicians in Greenland and Copenhagen. Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Danish foreign minister, said on Wednesday that he had read the article in the Wall Street Journal with “deep concern” as one did not spy on “friends” and that he had contacted the US envoy to convey Copenhagen’s disquiet over the reported spying activity.