European nations have struck back at consistent and aggressive overtures from the U.S. toward Greenland.

President Donald Trump reversed his stance on Greenland, agreeing with NATO on a framework for Arctic security and canceling planned tariffs on European nations.

President Trump’s pledges to provoke a sweeping tariff fight with Europe to get his way in taking control of Greenland has left many of America’s closest allies warning of a rupture with

"As such, the more likely outcome, in our view, is that both sides recognize that a major escalation would be a lose-lose proposition, and that compromise eventually prevails."

If anyone in Europe knows NATO and Danish politics, it’s Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the military alliance’s former secretary general and a former Danish prime minister. “Tariffs on allies make no sense,” Rasmussen told The Wall Street Journal.

US President, Donald Trump threatened to hit Norway, Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and the UK with new 10 per cent tariffs

The prime minister also tells the US president that security in the Arctic remains a priority "for all Nato allies".

Mr. Trump previously threatened to impose tariffs against countries that do not support his plans to acquire the territory.