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Boston Globe Today US Naval War College professor Mary Thompson-Jones spoke to Boston Globe reporter James Pindell about how the president-elect was right to raise the idea. Boston Globe Today: Watch now at Globe.com or weekdays at 5 p.m. ET on NESN Take a deeper look at the stories impacting our community…

President-elect Donald Trump has sparked diplomatic controversy by suggesting the U.S. needs to acquire Greenland for reasons of “national security” and refusing to definitively rule out using military force to do so. Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory, “is not for sale,” said Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen. Trump’s interest in…

The private aircraft carrying US businessman Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Nuuk, Greenland on January 7, 2025. Trump Jr made a visit to Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory coveted by Trump Sr and which hopes to one day be independent but remains dependent on Copenhagen for now. (Photo by Emil…

An aircraft alledgedly carrying US businessman Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Nuuk, Greenland on January 7, 2025. Emil Stach | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pursuit to acquire Greenland could well be motivated by critical minerals, with mining executives and researchers describing the island's massive resource potential…

Trump says he wants to make Greenland a part of the United States and does not rule out using military or economic power to persuade Denmark to hand it over read more President-elect Donald Trump’s Republican allies in the U.S. House of Representatives are trying to build support for a bill on authorizing talks for the purchase of Greenland,…

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Greenland Resources Inc. has signed an advisory agreement with Rasmussen Global to complement the Malmbjerg Project existing funding strategy through potential strategic supranational partners, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Innovation Fund and the European Defense Fund. Rasmussen Global was founded and is chaired by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the…

January 13, 2025 4 min read Why Does Greenland Interest Trump? Climate Change Is Only Part of the Story Arctic shipping routes and burgeoning mining opportunities may be part of Greenland’s appeal to President-elect Donald Trump, but each comes with challenges as well By Meghan Bartels edited by Jeanna Bryner…