Denmark deploys additional troops to Greenland after President Donald Trump claims the island is not secure from Russia or China.

The past year has been marked by ebbing and flowing of tensions in Europe and Canada over the U.S.'s commitment to NATO.

In Trump’s message, sent Jan. 18, he said, "Why (does Denmark) have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also."

Part of the dispute also has to do with rare-earth metals and minerals, in which Greenland is rich. According to CNN, Trump has stated that the minerals are part of the deal he worked out with NATO. Private land ownership is a foreign concept to Greenlanders, as all land is owned by the people and governed by the authorities.

A bipartisan congressional delegation traveled to Denmark to try to deescalate rising tensions. Just as they were finishing, President Trump announced new tariffs on the country until it agrees to his plan of acquiring Greenland.

A framework is now in place for investigating the "potentials and risks" of new nuclear technologies - including small modular reactors - and the lifting of a moratorium on nuclear power, Denmark's Ministry of Climate,

MILAN — A recent $610 million order placed by Denmark for air surveillance radars to be stationed across Danish territory was sole-sourced to U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin in the “essential security interests” of the country, according to newly published contract documents.

Born out of the silence during Nazi occupation, a 1952 Danish military order removes hesitation from defence. Denmark built it to ensure that no soldier would ever again lose the country while waiting