From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.

In 1865, in the wake of the Civil War, the U.S. began looking to expand its influence on the world stage. This happened at ...

Rather than appeal to Denmark’s goodwill, President Trump’s rhetoric risks trapping the U.S. in a cycle of increasing ...

Manifest Destiny met luxury cosmetics when makeup billionaire and Republican donor Ronald Lauder mentioned buying Greenland ...

The riches thought to lie beneath Greenland's icy terrain have been coveted for more than a century. But how easy are they to access, and will climate change make any difference?

The time has come to stop debating Trump’s intentions and instead focus on how to implement the first expansion of American territory since the Eisenhower administration.

It's been seen for some time that U.S. sovereignty over Greenland would bring strategic advantages, writes Colin Gordon for The Conversation.

Before the European Parliament, a Danish politician tells Trump in no uncertain terms that Greenland is not for sale. Find out what he said.

In summoning people to his vision for the future, Donald Trump assembled a dizzying collage of time-honored and time-worn ...