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In 2019 Greenland asked the United States for an aerial survey. Planned before but occurring after the Trump administration purchase proposal, the United States Navy used hyperspectral imaging over Garðar and the USGS interpreted the data to search for mineral resources. [32] Greenland in April 2020 accepted a $12.1 million American grant.
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.
After home rule was secured, a bare majority (53%) of Greenland's population voted on 23 February 1982 to leave the EEC, a process which lasted until 1985. This resulted in the Greenland Treaty of 1985. [17] In 2008, Greenland's citizens approved the Greenlandic self-government referendum with a 75% vote in favor of a higher degree of autonomy ...
Fourth, Canada is free to express interest in purchasing Greenland; if such happens this article would reflect such. Ylee ( talk ) 20:07, 1 September 2019 (UTC) Reply [ reply ] Perhaps I should not have mentioned Canada in my post - the change to the article that I suggest might be one sentence like "Greenland is situated a few percent closer ...
President Trump has on multiple occasions discussed trying to buy the country of Greenland, according to the Wall Street Journal. Trump's Green New Deal: President reportedly considering buying ...
Mette Frederiksen said she hoped the suggestion that the U.S. wanted to purchase the massive island was "not something that is seriously meant."
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]
The president called off a visit to Denmark after the country's prime minister dismissed the idea of selling the mostly frozen island to the U.S.