Canada has drawn up plans to send a small contingent of soldiers to Greenland for military exercises with other NATO allies in the face of threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to acquire the semi-autonomous island controlled by Denmark, two senior government officials say.

The officials told The Globe and Mail that the Canadian Armed Forces is awaiting final political approval from Prime Minister Mark Carney before the soldiers are flown to Greenland.

The Globe is not identifying the senior officials, who were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.

Sending Canadian troops would likely anger Mr. Trump, who has threatened to hit a group of European countries with new tariffs after they dispatched miliary personnel to Greenland in a show of solidarity with Denmark.