Denmark deploys additional troops to Greenland after President Donald Trump claims the island is not secure from Russia or China.

President Donald Trump says Greenland is vital to U.S. national security, including for its Golden Dome missile defense program.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called Denmark “irrelevant” on Tuesday amid tensions between the U.S. and the Scandinavian country over Greenland. “Denmark’s investment in U.S. Treasury bonds — like Denmark itself — is irrelevant,

A bipartisan congressional delegation traveled to Denmark to try to deescalate rising tensions. Just as they were finishing, President Trump announced new tariffs on the country until it agrees to his plan of acquiring Greenland.

A bipartisan congressional delegation met with Danish and Greenlandic officials Friday to show support for Greenland's territorial integrity despite President Trump's push to acquire the island.

A framework is now in place for investigating the "potentials and risks" of new nuclear technologies - including small modular reactors - and the lifting of a moratorium on nuclear power, Denmark's Ministry of Climate,

What matters isn’t how much of the debt Denmark owns. The point to focus on is the precedent raised by news that a Danish pension fund is selling all of its holdings.

Part of the dispute also has to do with rare-earth metals and minerals, in which Greenland is rich. According to CNN, Trump has stated that the minerals are part of the deal he worked out with NATO. Private land ownership is a foreign concept to Greenlanders, as all land is owned by the people and governed by the authorities.