US EditionExplainer: Why Is Donald Trump so Interested in Greenland?
Trump abandoned tariffs and military threats after protests and tensions with NATO allies, despite 85% of Greenlanders opposing U.S. control, citing strategic security concerns.
- This past week President Donald Trump backed down from threats of tariffs and military action after reaching a framework deal with the NATO secretary general, falling short of taking over Greenland, a Danish territory.
- Situated at the G‑I‑UK gap, Greenland, a Danish territory, holds strategic military value on shortest US-Russia routes, hosts rare earth minerals vital to green transition, and sees China exploring new Arctic shipping lanes.
- Greenlanders pushed back, with a 2025 poll showing 85 per cent opposed, Naaja Nathanielsen warning against `being occupied or bought`, while the White House posted an AI image on Friday and the US maintains the Pituffik Space Base.
- The plan strained relations, provoking unprecedented tensions with European allies and briefly risking NATO confrontation, while NATO’s top commander said the alliance is stepping up Arctic activity.
- Control would have regional consequences, including nearly surrounding Canada, while aerial images of Nuuk on January 25, 2026 keep the issue current amid Donald Trump's grievance over last year's Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado.
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Follow the Money: Why Trump Pulled Back From Invading Greenland
The main reason Donald Trump excluded a military option of taking over Greenland was not the frightful national security scenario that would follow a rupture of NATO. As destabilizing as that would be, the main reason Trump reversed course on using the military to seize Greenland was money. He slowly had to recognize that generations of transatlantic security integration have fostered profound economic and financial interdependence between the…
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Trump White House Clowned For Not Knowing There Are No Penguins In Greenland
Getty Images / Donald Trump / Trump White House President Donald Trump’s White House constantly reminds us that it is full of stupid people. In an attempt to troll folks on social media, the Trump White House instead made itself look completely moronic and got a geography lesson on Friday. Donald Trump is nowhere close to taking over Greenland from Denmark, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen, but the thought of that is still fresh on …
When the Dane Jesper Rabe Tønnesen designed his anti-Trump cap, she was initially a shopkeeper. Now, in the dispute over Greenland, she has become a world hit and a symbol of resistance. What makes the vintage dealer a success?
The KY Legislature doesn’t want to hear your concerns
By Teri Carter Kentucky Lantern On Jan. 21, as President Trump was giving his speech in Davos — confusing Iceland with Greenland during his absurd pitch as to why the U.S. suddenly needs to annex (a verb) Greenland as a matter of national defense — Kentucky lawmakers were in Frankfort annex (a noun) room 149 […]
Even for Donald Trump, his stubbornness on the Greenland issue was extraordinary, notes Roman Joch, director of the Civic Institute and expert on the United States. It was unreasonable and harmful to him personally and, above all, to America's reputation, he adds.
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