Donald Trump isn’t the first U.S. president to consider taking land from Denmark. What did the U.S. want last time and why?

The Trump Administration had ordered French companies with U.S. contracts to comply with its orders banning DEI initiatives.

Denmark has issued a fresh five-word warning to Donald Trump and JD Vance as it refuses to buckle to US pressure over Greenland. Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen warned "you cannot annex another country" during her first visit to the autonomous territory since Trump's fresh threats to take over the world's largest island.

Mass layoffs began on Tuesday at the Department of Health and Human Services, where up to 10,000 employees are expected to lose their jobs, and on Friday at the IRS, including in its Office of Civil Rights and Compliance. Meanwhile, the director of the U.S. National Security Agency was fired on Thursday.

Vice President Vance looked to appeal to Greenland by urging it to side with the US, not Russia or China, after it seeks independence from Denmark.

Danish shipping powerhouse A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S purchased a railway linking ports at both ends of the Panama Canal, undermining the US’s presence along a key trade route where Donald Trump is trying to elbow out competitors.

Denmark's prime minister will visit semi-autonomous Greenland on Wednesday for talks with the territory's incoming government, following U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated expressions of interest in controlling the Arctic island.

The US President has made no secret of his wish to acquire the island, and has even hinted at military action.

Denmark’s Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, will on Wednesday visit semi-autonomous Greenland for talks with the territory’s incoming government. The visit comes after U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated expressions of interest in controlling the Arctic island.