Greenland

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday (Jan 9) again suggested the use of force to seize Greenland as he brushed aside Denmark's sovereignty over the autonomous Arctic island. "We are going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not," Trump said at a White House meeting…

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump again threatened on Jan 9 to forcibly annex Greenland, saying that he was “going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not”. In a White House event discussing his plans to have American companies exploit Venezuela’s vast oil reserves under the…

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A 30-minute stroll across New York’s Central Park separates Trump Tower from the American Museum of Natural History. If the US president ever found himself inside the museum he could see the Cape York meteorite: a 58-tonne mass of iron taken from northwest Greenland and sold in 1897 by the…

WASHINGTON – US Vice-President J.D. Vance warned Europe on Jan 8 to take Mr Donald Trump “seriously” on Greenland, as the President ramps up threats against the Danish-ruled Arctic territory. Mr Vance accused fellow NATO member Denmark and the rest of Europe of failing to do enough to protect the…

US officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources familiar with the matter. While the exact dollar figure and logistics of any payment are unclear, US officials,…

Desperate migrants are forced to leave Greenland after a malevolent force makes their island uninhabitable. No, it’s not tomorrow’s headline about Donald Trump, but rather the sequel to Ric Roman Waugh’s 2020 post-apocalyptic survival thriller. That film starring Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin had the misfortune of opening during the…

The Trump administration has floated purchasing or invading the Danish territory Published January 8, 2026 12:48PM (EST) Crown Prince Christian of Denmark participates in the Danish Armed Forces Lieutenant Training at Antvorskov Guard Hussar Barracks on August 14, 2025 in Slagelse, Denmark. (Photo by Martin Sylvest Andersen/Getty Images) Denmark‘s Ministry…

With its striking Arctic artworks, tasteful decor and gently tinkling grand piano, the cocktail bar in Greenland's plushest hotel, the Hans Egede, is not the sort of place where boozy brawls break out. At least it wasn't, until Donald Trump declared his designs on the country. One minute Jorgen Boassen,…