Denmark agreed on Friday to discuss the Arctic region with Washington, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said, after his first phone call with the top diplomat of the administration of President Donald Trump,

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen agreed with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to discuss the issue of Greenland at a later time. This was the result of their 20-minute conversation, The Guardian reports.

A satirical article from 2019 about a Danish government offer to buy the United States, minus its government, is being shared online as an authentic response from Denmark to President-elect Donald Trump's recent remarks about taking over Greenland.

One European diplomat told Axios that Denmark was widely seen as America’s closest ally in the European Union, and that no one could have imagined it’d be the first Trump would pick a

"Trump might forget about Greenland. But also, he might not. Nobody knows. He operates on whims," @anneapplebaum writes.

Trump has expressed interest in making Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, part of the United States. He has not ruled out using military or economic measures to persuade Denmark to hand it over.

Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern Europe, according to a new study.

As a new Donald Trump presidency begins in the United States, Copenhagen and more specifically Greenland have been making more headlines.

Denmark, a country that continually lands among the top the list of places with the best quality of life and work-life balance stands apart from the United States in its treatment of workers.

Speaking at press conference, Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede said "we do not want to be American", and Danish PM Mette Frederiksen added that "Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders" and that the island is "not for sale".

Donald Trump spoke with the prime minister of Denmark about potentially acquiring Greenland. It did not go well