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The Trump Administration's efforts to acquire Greenland, driven by national security, economic, and political motives.
The drive to bring Greenland under U.S. control is framed by the Trump administration as primarily a national-security imperative — a strategic Arctic bulwark against Russia and China and a forward ba...
Greenland is strategically important to U.S. and allied defense today — particularly because of U.S. early‑warning and radar facilities at Pituffik (formerly Thule) that help detect long‑range missile...
Donald J. Trump’s drive to “take” or “own” Greenland is framed publicly as a national-security imperative to deny strategic Arctic access to rivals and to secure critical minerals and energy resources...
President Trump has repeatedly argued that the United States “must” acquire Greenland for national-security reasons and has framed Danish sovereignty as uncertain or inadequate — telling allies and re...
President Trump’s push to “own” Greenland is driven publicly by national security arguments about the Arctic and privately by a mix of resource economics, great‑power rivalry and personal/political co...
President Trump in early January 2026 publicly renewed a campaign to “acquire” Greenland, declaring the United States would act “whether they like it or not” and suggesting options ranging from purcha...
Donald Trump has repeatedly pursued acquiring Greenland, first publicly in 2019 and again after his 2024 reelection, framing it as a strategic and resource-driven objective that he described in 2019 a...
Donald Trump has publicly renewed an aggressive push to acquire Greenland and asserted that using the U.S. military is “always an option,” a stance that has rattled European capitals and exposed a wid...
Donald Trump has repeatedly said the United States should acquire Greenland for national-security reasons and has directed aides to explore options ranging from purchase to a Compact of Free Associati...