Danish king arrives in Greenland as Trump eyes strategic Arctic island

Denmark’s King Frederik and Greenland’s prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

King Frederik X of Denmark has arrived in Greenland, kicking off a visit to the semi-autonomous territory that US president Donald Trump wants to annex because of its strategic Arctic location.

Frederik’s trip to the island’s capital city of Nuuk follows the new Greenlandic prime minister’s visit to Copenhagen earlier this week. Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen accompanied the monarch to Nuuk.