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[7] [8] [5] [1] The British acted after John Douglas Hazen successfully proposed at the Imperial War Conference that the British Empire buy Greenland for Canada to prevent the United States from acquiring it. [9] Since 1823 the United States has, in the Monroe Doctrine, opposed expansion of foreign sovereignty in the Americas. [10]
The incoming Trump administration has reinvoked chatter about the possibility of the United States purchasing Greenland, an idea floated during the president-elect's first term in office.
"I love maps," Trump told the authors. "And I always said: 'Look at the size of this. It's massive. That should be part of the United States.'"
President Trump has floated the idea of making Greenland part of the U.S. by buying the island from Denmark. Is the notion a flight of fancy or would it be a smart acquisition?
In 2017, the Danish government declined a proposal from China to purchase an abandoned naval base on Greenland over concerns the arrangement would strain its relations with the United States. American president Donald Trump discussed the idea of purchasing Greenland with senior advisers.
Numerous Greenlandic and Danish politicians, including the Premier of Greenland and the Prime Minister of Denmark, rebuffed the idea, saying that the island is not for sale. [21] [22] A few days later, Trump abruptly postponed a planned state visit to Denmark just days before, citing their unwillingness to discuss his proposal of buying ...
Trump: Buying Greenland Could Be 'Real Estate Deal'
The United States' occupation of Greenland continued until 1945. Greenland was able to buy goods from the United States and Canada by selling cryolite from the mine at Ivittuut. In World War II, the United States military used Bluie as a code name for Greenland, where they kept several bases named "Bluie (East or West) (sequential numeral)". [60]