Donald Trump has questioned whether Nato would come to the “rescue” of the US but played down the fallout from a rift with Europe over his plans to take control of Greenland. The US President also said “you’ll find out” when asked how far he was willing to go to acquire the island, which is a semi-autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark.

In Trump’s message, sent Jan. 18, he said, "Why (does Denmark) have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also."

Some protesters expressed fears that if they spoke out about Trump, his administration could bar them from visiting the United States.

A bipartisan, bicameral group lawmakers traveled to Denmark to reassure NATO ally amid President Donald Trump's push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland.

With the president stepping up his threats and showing no sign of backing down, Republicans are increasingly finding ways to defend or justify his threats.

U.S., Danish and Greenlandic officials have met face to face to discuss President Donald Trump’s ambitions to take control of Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark.

Danish soldiers arrived as part of the Arctic Endurance military exercise in Greenland's Kangerlussuaq on Monday evening (January 19), as U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his push to wrest sovereignty over the Arctic island from fellow NATO member Denmark.