US Lawmakers to Travel to Denmark Amid Trump’s Greenland Comments

Trump says U.S. possession of the world’s largest island is essential to secure the Arctic amid growing threats from Beijing and Moscow.

Sen. Christopher Coons (D-Del.) in Washington on Nov. 7, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A group of U.S. lawmakers from both parties is set to visit Denmark this week as President Donald Trump continues to talk about annexing Greenland.

The delegation will be led by Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and will include Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Coons’s office said in a statement on Jan. 12.