King Frederik X of Denmark arrived in Greenland on Tuesday, kicking off a visit to the semiautonomous territory that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to annex because of its strategic Arctic location.

Denmark's King Frederik on Monday pushed back by one day a visit to Greenland planned to underscore unity with the Danish territory in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in taking over the huge Arctic island.

King Frederik flew to the Arctic island as a display of unity against the backdrop of Trump's talk of taking over the territory.