Denmark has announced plans to bolster Greenlands security, emphasizing that the move was already in the pipeline prior to former U.S. President Donald Trumps controversial comments about acquiring the Arctic

Troels Lund Poulsen, the Danish defense minister, told the paper Jyllands-Posten Tuesday that the country plans to spend a “double-digit billion amount” in krone — about $1.5 billion — to make sure they have a “stronger presence” in the Arctic.