Donald Trump wants the United States to buy Greenland for its strategically vital resources, to bolster US security and give China a bloody nose. But he also wants to strike his largest ever real estate deal because Greenland is “massive”, he “loves maps” and because he is very, very stubborn.

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With help from Nahal Toosi, Joe Gould, John Sakellariadis, Maggie Miller and Daniel Lippman On the day he took office, President DONALD TRUMP insisted that U.S. control of Greenland was necessary for American security.

The rest instead called it “not realistic.” A majority said it was a “bad idea.” That’s a far cry from Trump’s posture; he recently called taking Greenland an “absol

Donald Trump had a phone conversation with the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen. The conversation was about, among other things, Greenland, which is governed by Denmark. According to the "Financial Times,

President Trump isn’t taking “no” for an answer on acquiring Greenland. Although the self-governing territory and its colonial authority, Denmark, insist the island isn’t for sale, Republicans in Congress are backing the plan to expand America’s boundaries northward.