The US is “seeking immediate negotiations” to acquire Greenland, where Washington plans to build a “Golden Dome” to protect it from potential enemies, US President Donald Trump said in his special address to the world’s top political and business summit in Davos Wednesday.

“I have tremendous respect for the people of Greenland and the people of Denmark,” Trump said as he broached the subject of the Arctic island territory, which he dubbed a “big, beautiful piece of ice”.

His proposed multilayer missile defense system, Trump said, the Golden Dome would defend the US from Russian and Chinese ICBMs and other weapons, which he said could otherwise “discombobulate” everything.

“No nation or group of nations is better positioned to defend Greenland than the United States,” he added.