Earlier in the week the White House said acquiring Greenland was a “national security priority”. Trump senior aide Stephen Miller declined to rule out the use of military force to achieve this aim, saying: “Nobody’s going to fight the US over the future of Greenland.”

NUUK, Greenland—For the past year, Denmark’s plan for dealing with President Trump’s ambition to acquire Greenland was to tell him it wasn’t for sale, spend more on Arctic defense and hope the American president’s enthusiasm would melt away.

Denmark and Greenland’s envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump’s call for a “takeover” of the strategic Arctic island.

President Trump is becoming increasingly fixated on the idea the United States should take over the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland. Here’s everything you need to know.

The White House said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump has been discussing options for acquiring the island, which is a territory of Denmark. Greenland has repeatedly said it does not want to be acquired by the United States and European allies have rallied behind Denmark.

Greenland's strategic location above the Arctic Circle makes it a focal point in global security and trade debates.

Canada is set to establish a consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, as a response to U.S. President Trump's annexation threats. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has stated that she will visit Nuuk for the consulate's opening,

The top Washington-based diplomats for Greenland and Denmark met with White House officials at the National Security Council on Thursday as Greenland continues to publicly and privately insist it is not for sale.

Canada’s Indigenous governor general and its foreign minister will visit Greenland in early February, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday. The visit comes as U.S.

Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire for Greenland to become part of the U.S. since returning to the White House last year. During an interview with NBC's Meet the Press in May, he refused to rule out military force to annex the territory.

Greenland’s foreign minister has floated the idea of meeting the US alone without her Danish counterpart, in a sign that American tactics to drive a wedge between Nuuk and Copenhagen could be working.