A bipartisan group of Senators is in Denmark speaking to officials there as President Trump announces new tariffs and continues to talk about taking over Greenland.

Denmark's foreign minister said the closed-door meeting was a "frank but also constructive" discussion. He said a high-level working group would be formed "to explore if we can find a common way forward.

Greenlandic officials have complained that Denmark, the EU and the US were slow in investing, with business minister Naaja Nathanielsen telling the FT in May that Greenland could look to other countries such as China to help develop its minerals industry.

There was no major breakthrough during the meeting, and President Trump reiterated his interest in acquiring the island shortly afterwards.

Yesterday, after Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, vowed to cast his lot with Denmark over the United States, Trump said that he didn’t “know anything about” Nielsen but that such a choice would be a “big problem for him.”

Danish officials told lawmakers this week they worried an overly partisan vote could undercut their position. Danish officials told U.S. lawmakers this week to avoid a war powers vote on Greenland unless it could pass overwhelmingly, warning that a narrow or partisan outcome could do more harm than good.

A group of U.S. lawmakers are in Denmark to try to reassure members of Parliament that they do not support a U.S. takeover of Greenland despite President Trump’s latest rhetoric. President Trump also appears to back down from his threat of U.

Denmark has sounded the alarm over rising security threats in the Arctic as U.S. President Donald Trump renews his push to acquire Greenland. Danish military officials say Russia could shift forces from Ukraine to the High North,