Greenland takeover: Trump stresses ‘peace through strength’, calls NATO chief, agrees to hold key meeting in Davos

US President Donald Trump asserted that the United States (US) is the "only power that can ensure peace throughout the World — and it is done, quite simply, through strength!"

Trump, who aims to take over or buy Greenland, said he had a "very good telephone call with Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, concerning Greenland.

"I agreed to a meeting of the various parties in Davos, Switzerland," Trump said in a post on TRUTH social media on Monday (local time).

The US President added, "As I expressed to everyone, very plainly, Greenland is imperative for National and World Security. There can be no going back — On that, everyone agrees!"

He asserted, "The United States of America is the most powerful Country anywhere on the Globe, by far. Much of the reason for this is a rebuilding of our Military during my First Term, which rebuilding continues at even more expedited pace."

Meanwhile, European Union (EU) leaders are set to convene in Brussels on Thursday evening for an emergency summit following Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on several EU countries over his demand to acquire Greenland.

Trump has already imposed an additional 10 percent import tariffs on goods from eight European nations and NATO allies — Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and Great Britain.

This tariff would take effect on February 1. Those tariffs would increase to 25 percent on June 1 and would continue until a deal was reached for the US to purchase Greenland, Trump wrote.