U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday dismissed President-elect Donald Trump's interest in taking over Greenland, saying it was "obviously not a good" idea and that it would not happen.

In Paris, the two officials acknowledged potential strains on alliances with the return of Donald J. Trump to power, but said their countries would try to maintain strong ties.

Donald Trump made clear again this week that he’d like the semiautonomous territory of Denmark to come under US control and said he would not rule out the use of military force to make that happen.