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  2. Who owns Greenland? What to know as Trump floats idea ... - AOL

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    President-elect Donald Trump's calls for a purchase of Greenland have increased with less than two weeks until his inauguration. Amid those desires, his son, Donald Trump Jr. is in the middle of a ...

  3. Proposals for the United States to purchase Greenland

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    Greenland in April 2020 accepted a $12.1 million American grant. Denmark in December 2019 approved a Trump administration request for a consulate in Greenland. Opened during World War II and closed in 1953, the consulate reopened in June 2020, [117] [118] a day after the administration announced that it would build a new icebreaker fleet. Nick ...

  4. Greenland is a no, but what territories has the U.S. purchased?

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    While Greenland is currently not for sale, the U.S. has purchased land and territories from other countries in the past. FILE PHOTO: A general view of the port in Nuu, Greenland on March 8, 2013 ...

  5. United States territorial acquisitions table - Wikipedia

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    Accession Date Area (sq.mi.) Area (km 2.) Cost in dollars Original territory of the Thirteen States (western lands, roughly between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains, were claimed but not administered by the states and were all ceded to the federal government or new states by 1802)

  6. Explainer-Why does Trump want Greenland and could he get it?

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    COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to make Greenland a part of the United States and does not rule out using military or economic power to get Denmark to hand ...

  7. Factbox-Can Trump buy Greenland? - AOL

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    U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to make Greenland a part of the United States, renewing an interest first expressed in 2019 when he offered to buy the sprawling Arctic island from ...

  8. Greenland - Wikipedia

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    The northeastern part of Greenland is not part of any municipality, but it is the site of the world's largest national park, Northeast Greenland National Park. [ 90 ] Polar explorer and anthropologist Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933), called the "father of Eskimology ", was the first to explore the Greenland ice sheet by dog sled

  9. Trump looks to Greenland to cement his legacy and expand ...

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    U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is serious about trying to acquire Greenland, both to expand America's sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere and as a way to cement his legacy, according ...