President Trump has openly suggested annexing the large island despite rejections from Greenland officials who say the country is not for sale.

The trip came as Trump also significantly escalated his rhetoric about his desire to control the sparsely populated, semiautonomous Danish territory.

A planned U.S. delegation to Greenland was cut from a three-day cultural visit to less than 24 hours on the tundra amid possible protests.

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Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen will visit Greenland next week and meet the island’s newly appointed leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen after US vice-president JD Vance claimed Denmark was neglecting the autonomous territory.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit Greenland on April 2-4 for talks with the semi-autonomous territory's new government, she said on Saturday, amid U.S. interest in taking control of the Arctic island.