Can Trump buy Greenland? Technically, yes. Here are his options.
Jan 9, 2025 · Here is what the incoming president could do to change the U.S. relationship with Greenland — and the barriers in his way.
America’s Long History of Trying to Acquire Greenland
Feb 5, 2025 · Denmark cedes Greenland to the United States. 2.) In exchange for Greenland, the U.S. gives Denmark a cluster of islands in the Philippines. 3.) Denmark turns around and gives the Philippine ...
Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland - Wikipedia
On January 13, 2025, legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Andy Ogles to authorize the U.S. government to acquire Greenland on behalf of the United States, granting to Congress a 60-day review period prior to integration of Greenlandic territory into the United States. [247]
Why does Trump want Greenland and could he get it? | Reuters
Jan 8, 2025 · 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 it over.
Trump says he still wants to buy Greenland, suggests Canada …
Jan 26, 2025 · Trump has said as far back as 2019 that he wants the U.S. to buy Greenland, a massive Arctic island that is an autonomous territory of Denmark. Though Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen...
Greenland is a no, but what territories has the U.S. purchased?
Dec 25, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump floated the idea on Sunday that the U.S. should buy the Arctic island of Greenland because of its strategic importance to the U.S. and NATO.
John Bolton on why Greenland is important to America : NPR
1 day ago · John Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser, says making Greenland an American territory or commonwealth could help with security interests of "critical importance" to the United States.
Greenland independence is possible but joining the US unlikely, …
Jan 8, 2025 · If they materialise, Greenland will become independent, though hardly with an ambition to become a federal state in the United States," Danish foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said.
Here’s why Greenland is strategically important to the U.S.
Jan 23, 2025 · For over a century, Greenland ’s strategic location and natural resources have made it a target of U.S. ambitions, peaking during the Cold War —but the island’s leaders have consistently resisted...
Why Does Trump Want Greenland? - The New York Times
Jan 7, 2025 · Why Does Trump Want Greenland? The president-elect said the United States needed the island, which is a semiautonomous part of Denmark, for national security reasons.