Donald Trump says he wants to annex Greenland. JD Vance last week visited a US-controlled base in Greenland, where he chided Denmark. Vast, untapped natural resources in Greenland are at stake.

Languages: English. The president has said he wants the autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark to be under the control of the U.S. "We need Greenland for national security and ...

“President Trump says that the United States 'will get Greenland.' Let me be clear: The United States will not get it. We do not belong to anyone else. We decide our own future,” Jens-Frederik ...

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Vice President JD Vance on Friday did not rule out using military action to bring Greenland under U.S. control, but said it wouldn’t be necessary if Greenlanders choose to break from Denmark and ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said President Trump’s desire to take Greenland has nothing to do with the Kremlin. “As for Greenland, this is a matter that concerns two specific states and ...

Washington — Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia on Sunday criticized President Trump's approach to Greenland as part of what he called a "crazy foreign policy." "This whole approach that Trump has of ...

President Donald Trump has insisted the U.S. needs to "get" Greenland, "one way or another." But it’s not the first time U.S. leaders have had their eyes on the icy, sprawling island.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen chastised U.S. officials following a trip by Vice President J.D. Vance to Greenland, saying the country is open to criticism but isn't happy with how ...

The name Greenland was coined by the Norse explorer Erik the Red. Exiled from Iceland for homicide, he landed there in around 982 and settled there a few years later. He chose the name to ...

Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said there is nothing that’s stopping the Americans from setting up more bases in Greenland amid the territory’s fight to not be acquired by ...

The U.S. previously signed an agreement to protect Greenland from invasions in 1951 Madison E. Goldberg received her B.S. in Journalism and double minors in publishing and photography from Emerson ...