Greenland, Donald Trump
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Greenland and Denmark are due to meeting with top White House officials to discuss the Arctic island's future.
But when the Soviet Union collapsed, heralding an end to the cold war, Greenland was relegated in importance. The US presence in Greenland went from more than 10,000 personnel on 50 bases to a single settlement at Pituffik space base (formerly Thule air base) with about 150-200 people.
France will open a consulate on Greenland in a “political signal” after Donald Trump threatened to seize the Danish territory.
Trump insists the U.S. must take control of Greenland to prevent Russia or China from doing the same — an argument Beijing dismissed Monday as "an excuse" to pursue territorial ambitions.
As diplomatic tensions rise, Greenlanders remain firm that their future should be decided not in Washington, but in Nuuk
U.S. President Donald Trump has made an American takeover of Greenland a focus of his second term in the White House
House Republican introduces bill to make Greenland America's 51st state as President Donald Trump pushes for U.S. control of the strategic Danish Arctic territory.
President Donald Trump has been insistent that he would try to take over Greenland “whether they like it or not.”