Since the 19th century, the United States has considered, and made, several attempts to purchase the island of Greenland from Denmark, as it did with the Danish West Indies in 1917.

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.

1 day ago · Following President Donald Trump's call for the United States to acquire Greenland, U.S. senators coalesced Wednesday around the need to increase American influence on the Arctic island.

2 days 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.

23 hours ago · Trump's Greenland push inspires proposals in Denmark, ... paper, or other record of the United States to Greenland shall be deemed to be a reference to 'Red, White, and Blueland," it reads.

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...

Feb 5, 2025 · The closest the United States came to making a legitimate offer to buy Greenland from Denmark was in 1946, immediately after World War II. During the war, more than 10,000 Allied aircraft landed ...

Jan 8, 2025 · A 1951 agreement between the United States and Denmark established the United States' right to move around freely and construct military bases in Greenland as long as Denmark and Greenland are ...

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.

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.