US Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) and US Representative Sarah McBride (D-DE) arrive, as an American delegation, consisting of senators and members of the House of Representatives visits the Industriens Hus, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Friday. COPENHAGEN, Jan 16 (Reuters): A bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers met the leaders of Denmark and Greenland on Friday to reassure them of congressional support, despite President Donald Trump's threats to seize the Arctic island.
Trump has said Greenland is vital to US security because of its strategic location and large supply of minerals and has not ruled out the use of force to take it. European nations this week sent small numbers of military personnel to the island at Denmark's request.
The 11-member US delegation, led by Democratic Senator Chris Coons, was scheduled to meet Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart Jens-Frederik Nielsen, according to Frederiksen's office.
"At a time of increasing international instability, we need to draw closer to our allies, not drive them away," Coons said in a press release earlier this week.
Trump's special envoy to Greenland said he planned to visit the Danish territory in March, and that he believed a deal could be done.
"I do believe that there's a deal that should and will be made once this plays out," Jeff Landry told Fox News in an interview on Friday. "The president is serious. I think he's laid the markers down. He's told Denmark what he's looking for".
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