Copenhagen stepped up its defense budget amid Trump’s campaign to buy Greenland and determination to strike a deal with Russia.

Buy, buy, buy." After decades of drastic cuts in defence spending, Denmark last year allocated and extra 190 billion crowns for its military over a 10-year span. The capabilities would be purchased without going through the normal lengthy tender procedures,

Denmark will boost its defense spending to more than 3% of economic output as the nation seeks to counter an escalation in security threats from Russia.