France offers to send troops to Greenland as Trump threatens takeover: foreign minister France could send troops to Greenland to defend against Donald Trump's threat to take control of the Danish territory, according to a high-ranking official. French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot told Sud Radio that France had discussed troop deployment with Denmark. "If Denmark calls for help, France will be there," Barrot said. "The European borders are sovereign whether it's north, south, east and west ... nobody can allow themselves to mess around with our borders." Barrot said that other foreign ministers from the European Union, when they gathered this week in Brussels, had expressed "very strong support" for Denmark in the dispute and "were ready to consider" sending troops if necessary