Greenland is protected by NATO’s Article 5 which invokes mutual defence in the case of any armed attack or invasion, the Finnish foreign minister has said. According to Elina Valtonen, Article 5 is extended to Greenland as an autonomous territory of Denmark,
Anders Vistisen, a Danish member of the European Parliament, has told U.S. President Donald Trump to "f*** off" after Trump again expressed interest in purchasing the island of Greenland. Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment via email.
In 1865, in the wake of the Civil War, the U.S. began looking to expand its influence on the world stage. This happened at precisely the moment when Russia, having just lost the Crimean War, was seeking to counterbalance British power in the Pacific. This proved to be the perfect recipe for American expansion in the Arctic.
From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island. Here’s why Greenland has always remained out of reach—and why it always mattered so much.
Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland. Mainstream media strives to coat this nonsense in a veneer of rationality by citing Greenland's rare earth deposits
It may be too extreme for Canada or Denmark to view the U.S. as an enemy in the wake of Trump annexation threats, but the line between enmity and amity is currently blurred.
"We are, quite frankly, the dominant predator cop, if you will. But it's important that we fight back against China and send them back to their own hemisphere."
NATO boss Mark Rutte said Trump "has been right many times" and played it cool when grilled by members of the European Parliament on the president-elect's Greenland plans.
Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede tells 'Special Report' that the people of the Arctic island don't want to be Danes or Americans.
The time has come to stop debating Trump’s intentions and instead focus on how to implement the first expansion of American territory since the Eisenhower administration.
On the day he took office, President DONALD TRUMP insisted that U.S. control of Greenland was necessary for American security. But short of buying — or seizing — the island outright, Trump already has much of what he wants in Greenland.