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Over the weekend, Trump said in a social media post that the US "feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity" for reasons of national security and global freedom.
The United States considered making a bid for the North Atlantic island in 1867, when it also purchased Alaska from Russia.
To understand Trump’s interest in Greenland, Bolton said, just look at a map of the world from the vantage point of the North Pole. Four NATO countries – the U.S., Canada, Denmark and Norway ...
President-elect Donald Trump, during a long news conference on Tuesday, spoke about his interest in securing U.S. control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, and said he would not rule out the use ...
In his second inauguration speech, Trump directly referenced the potential territorial expansion of the United States and became first president to use the phrase Manifest destiny during an inaugural address [2] [3] The last territory acquired by the United States came in 1947 with the acquisition of the Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall Islands.
Greenland was also home to an abundant source of cryolite, a rare earth mineral important for the production of military aircraft in Canada and the U.S. With this in mind, Germany began to ...
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 over the mineral-rich ...
Donald Trump’s imperialist designs on Greenland, Canada and Panama often sound like the ramblings of a chaos agent who views geopolitics and global trade like a real estate shark chasing new leads.