Donald Trump may have turned down the heat by pledging no force will be used to take over Greenland, but he remains determined to control it. 

The US President told a large audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos he wants immediate negotiations for acquiring the Danish territory – at one point calling it 'our territory.' 

Nine News Europe correspondent Mimi Becker told Mike Hosking he's still sending a strong and pointed message to Europe. 

She says Trump says they have a choice – saying yes and the US will be appreciative, or saying no and the US will remember. 

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