Why does Trump want to take over? How big is Greenland compared to the United States? What you need to know about the autonomous territory of Denmark.

U.S. President Donald Trump has cast renewed focus on acquiring Greenland. The administration’s increasingly assertive push to take control of the Danish territory could have significant consequences for both the Arctic and the NATO alliance.

Greenland needs to be "in the hands" of the United States, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, hours before high-stakes talks in Washington. "The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security,

Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland are casting a united front after Trump threatens tariffs.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has publicly broken ranks with U.S. President Donald Trump over his renewed pressure campaign for the annexation of Greenland. Trump threatened to impose a 25% tariff on the U.K. and other European allies until Denmark relents and sells the territory of Greenland—a move Starmer has labeled “completely wrong.”

Donald Trump has said his plan to take over Greenland was motivated by being snubbed for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday said a potential United States acquisition of Greenland would be “overwhelmingly in America’s national best interest.  “When it comes to Greenland, I want to

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on Monday for calm discussion to avert a possible trade war with the United States over Greenland, appealing to President Donald Trump to respect alliances such as NATO rather than undermine them.

MOSCOW, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that it was hard to disagree with experts who said that ​U.S. President Donald Trump would go down in the history ‌of the United States and the world if he took control of Greenland.