It was as telling a moment as any when it comes to the Republican Party’s relationship with President Donald Trump.

Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark, a longtime U.S. ally that has rejected Trump’s overtures. Greenland’s own government also opposes U.S. designs on the island, saying the people of Greenland will decide their own future.

The Republican leaders of the House and the Senate dismissed the idea of using the U.S. military to take over Greenland, even as the White House has insisted it is on the table.

Officials from Denmark and Greenland met with several lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week as President Donald Trump reiterated his threats to take Greenland, possibly by force.

Though Donald Trump has pursued a US acquisition of Greenland more aggressively than any of his predecessors, the idea dates back to the 1860s under President Andrew Johnson.

This is appalling. Greenland is a NATO ally. The way we’re treating them is really demeaning," said Rep. Don Bacon.

On 9 April 1940, the day that Denmark fell to the Nazi war machine, the Danish envoy to the United States, Henrik Kauffmann, in violation of his diplomatic status, signed an agreement authorising the US to act as defenders of Greenland and build military installations there.

After the U.S. deposed Maduro, Trump and top officials did not rule out efforts at overthrow or annexation in other countries. Here's what they've said.

Scientists drilled to the bottom of Greenland's 1,600-foot deep Prudhoe Dome and found it disappeared in the early Holocene, when temperatures were close to what we're predicted to reach by the end of the century.