US Lawmakers Head to Denmark as Trump Presses Bid to Take Over Greenland

Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Oct. 6, 2020. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty ImagesA bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers arrived in Denmark on Jan. 16 for talks with Danish and Greenlandic leaders, as President Donald Trump continues his push to annex Greenland.The delegation, led by Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), also includes 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. The group also includes members from the House of Representatives.