Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed US President Donald Trump dropping his tariff threat to European opponents of his plan to annex Greenland. "Now we can start hard yards and finding a way forward on security in the Arctic," said the prime minister.

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."

Here’s what you need to know about Denmark’s history with the vast, potentially mineral- and energy-rich territory.

A bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation's comments in Denmark contrasted with those emanating from the White House.

Danish veterans are furious at how the White House rhetoric disregards the right to self-determination of Greenland and Denmark . They also strongly object to Trump’s claim that Denmark, after fighting alongside U.S. forces in wartime, is incapable of protecting the West’s security interests in the Arctic.

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.

Trump says U.S needs control of 'undefended' Greenland — but says he won't use force U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, today, expressing his desire for control of Greenland and criticizing Europe and Canada.

Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command is expanding military exercises in Greenland to potentially run year-round, a Greenlandic newspaper reported, as the US ramps up pressure over control of the Arctic island.

Greenland’s connection to Denmark stretches back hundreds of years and reflects layers of settlement and colonial rule. Norse settlers from Iceland arrived around 985 A.D., but their communities later vanished,

European Parliament Member Anders Vistisen confronts President Donald Trump's Greenland interest with profanity-laced rebuke, drawing official reprimand from parliament leadership.