The ice-covered island may be strategically important, but it's unclear that it could be a commercially viable source of minerals and oil in the near future

The United States has ratcheted up its rhetoric on Greenland in recent days, to the great concern of its European allies, with talks now due to take place between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Danish officials next week.

Denmark and its NATO allies pushed back Tuesday after Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller claimed the U.S. has a right to Greenland and did not rule out use of American military force to seize it.

Analysts say the Cold War agreement allows the president to increase the American military presence almost at will.

European leaders push back on Trump’s comments about a US takeover of GreenlandSeveral European leaders pushed back Tuesday on U.S. President Donald Trump’s com

Senator John Fetterman said he supports buying Greenland from Denmark as the Trump administration sets its sights on adding the territory to the United States.

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller doubled down on President Trump’s renewed threats to make Greenland a U.S. territory, but he dismissed the prospect that a military confrontation

Trump’s threat to annex an autonomous part of Denmark has plunged NATO into an unprecedented situation: An alliance based on collective defense now faces the prospect that one member might attack another.

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has issued one of her strongest public warnings yet. This comes after US President Donald Trump renewed his controversial claims over Greenland. Frederiksen’s message was clear and serious.