2 days ago · As Greenlanders prepare to head to the polls this week, the United States — and particularly President Trump’s stated interest in acquiring the territory — is looming large over …

2 days ago · NUUK, Greenland (AP) — When U.S. President Donald Trump first suggested buying Greenland in 2019, people thought it was just a joke. No one is laughing now. Trump’s …

Since the 19th century, the United States has considered, and made, several attempts to purchase the island of Greenland from Denmark, as it did with the Danish West Indies in 1917.

2 days ago · Greenland also guards part of what is known as the GIUK (Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom) Gap, where NATO monitors Russian naval movements in the North Atlantic. …

Jan 9, 2025 · Here is what the incoming president could do to change the U.S. relationship with Greenland — and the barriers in his way.

Mar 5, 2025 · The United States needs to understand that, he wrote in a post in Greenlandic and Danish on Facebook Wednesday. The future of Greenland will be decided by its people, he …

Jan 8, 2025 · US President Donald Trump has repeated his intention to take over Greenland, the Arctic territory controlled by Denmark. He told Congress that Greenland was bound to become …

Jan 22, 2025 · It’s a disowned rogue Danish diplomat who does a deal with the United States to secure Greenland as part of the Allied coalition in the war against Germany, which raises …

Jan 8, 2025 · If they materialise, Greenland will become independent, though hardly with an ambition to become a federal state in the United States," Danish foreign minister Lars Lokke …

6 days ago · But Greenland’s population of roughly 56,000 is a small fraction of the Scandinavian country. For context, the least-populated U.S. state, Wyoming, had around 577,000 people at …