President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.

On January 7th the president-elect declined to rule out using military might or economic warfare in his pursuit of Greenland ...

For years, Denmark scrimped on military spending for the strategic island. Now, Trump says America must own the territory.

Antarctica and Greenland are often thought to be bigger ... some more so than others. On Mercator projections Greenland occupies as much area as the entire continent of South America.

Rather than appeal to Denmark’s goodwill, President Trump’s rhetoric risks trapping the U.S. in a cycle of increasing ...

The Defense Ministry in Copenhagen said those will include three new Arctic naval vessels, two additional long-range ...

Greenland, the world's largest island, is an autonomous territory under Denmark's rule, though it is geographically closer to North America than Europe. While Denmark oversees Greenland's foreign ...

Situated at roughly the halfway point between Europe and the US, where the North Sea merges with the Arctic Ocean, Greenland – considered by geographers to be part of North America – has long ...

He tried to bounce Denmark into selling Greenland, which is geographically in North ... larger the further away from the Equator they are. Mr Trump reportedly insists that the idea of making ...

(MENAFN) US President Donald trump recently suggested that the United States might soon expand its territory, expressing interest in acquiring Greenland, Canada, and regaining control of the ...

Vance further stipulated, “We also want to make sure that Greenland ... years in a bigger war, pacifying the Philippines, at a cost of some 4,000 American lives and more than 200,000 Filipino ...

What drives the United States’ bold geopolitical ambitions toward Greenland and Canada? It boils down to economic and national security.