Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, will meet with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House on today: Follow Reuters live page: reut.rs/4rdwQO7

Trump posted on his Truth Social account ahead of the White House meeting. He said anything less than Greenland 'in the hands' of the United States was 'unacceptable' reut.rs/3Nm3i1U

A former Danish colony, the island became a formal territory of the Nordic kingdom in 1953. It is subject to the Danish constitution. In 2009, Greenland was granted broad self-governing autonomy, including the right to declare independence from Denmark reut.rs/457HJbE

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said his nation would rather remain part of Denmark than become a territory of the United States. Asked about the comments, Trump said 'that's gonna be a big problem' for Nielsen reut.rs/3NiBeMY

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke about Trump's threats during a cabinet meeting. 'If the sovereignty of a European country and ally were to be affected, the knock-on effects would be unprecedented' reut.rs/4jF8SIE

Greenland and Denmark stick together ahead of talks at the White House. We discuss this and more on today’s episode of the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/4qwPuQI

Just 17% of Americans approve of Trump's efforts to acquire Greenland, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The two-day poll, which concluded on January 13, showed widespread concerns over Trump's threats to NATO ally Denmark over Greenland reut.rs/49CMAmr

Trump has said acquiring Greenland is a national security priority. The shortest route from Europe to North America runs via Greenland, making it important for the US ballistic missile early-warning system. Nuuk is closer to New York than to Copenhagen reut.rs/49G6kpf