Denmark's prime minister praised the people of Greenland on Thursday for showing resilience in the face of what she called great pressure from President Donald Trump's administration for Washington to take control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

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

Leader of the Democrats (Demokraatit) party and Greenland's Prime Minister-elect Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland's Prime Minister and Leader of the IA party Mute B. Egede, Chairperson of Siumut party Vivian Motzfeldt,

Greenland's Democrats will announce a four-party coalition government on Friday, local media said on Thursday, following an election overshadowed by U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in taking control of the island.

Donald Trump increased pressure on Denmark to cede control of the Arctic island of Greenland to the US, as vice-president JD Vance toured a US military base on the territory. “For international security,

"We need to engage in dialogue with all of them - without dialogue we won't solve anything.” Watching Greenland politicians celebrate the formation of a new coalition government for the island, a local pensioner,

The vice-president says Russia and China have increased footprints in the area and the world cannot "bury our heads in the sand".

Updates and the latest news as JD Vance visits Greenland and Trump swears in his former lawyer Alina Habba as U.S. attorney for New Jersey.

Jens-Frederik Nielsen is Greenland's youngest prime minister Former minerals minister wants to develop self-sustaining economy Urged Greenland to stand together in his first comments COPENHAGEN, March 28 (Reuters) - Jens-Frederik Nielsen,