Her three-day trip to the territory follows last week's controversial visit by a US delegation headed up by Vice President JD Vance, which was widely criticised in both Greenland

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called for increased Arctic defence collaboration with the United States during a visit to Greenland, and firmly dismissed Washington’s desire to annex the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

As Greenland and Denmark, of which it is a part, have vociferously rejected Donald Trump's "strategic buyout" proposal, Washington has struck back, trying to wedge its way in.