According to experts, Greenland is “ground zero for how the Arctic has become more geopolitically and strategically significant.”

What drives the United States’ bold geopolitical ambitions toward Greenland and Canada? It boils down to economic and national security.

Speaking aboard Air Force One, Donald Trump declared “I think we’re going to have it" when asked about his plans of purchasing Greenland.

Trump has a price, and the billionaires filling Trump’s cabinet and his pockets are willing to pay it for a chance to line their own.

Denmark would need to offer Greenland to the UK first before the island could be sold to Donald Trump, it has emerged. An agreement dating back to 1917 means Britain has first refusal on the Arctic island if current owners Denmark decide to sell it, according to Tom Høyem, Copenhagen’s representative in Greenland from 1982 to 1987.

The story goes that Trump and Frederiksen spoke on the phone last week for about 45 minutes in what was expected to be a bit of a feeling-out between the two parties, given Trump’s very public declaration that he would like to take Greenland off Denmark’s hands.

Before the bullets start flying, Wall Street dealmakers are starting to think about a peaceful way to make the deal, and just how feasible the deal might be.

During last week's tense call with the Danish premier, Trump insisted he was serious about taking over Greenland, the Financial Times reported, raising fears about the future of trans-Atlantic relations.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro had some things to say to President Donald Trump as they were deadlocked over the deportation of dozens of migrants on Sunday. In a nearly 700-word Spanish-language rant posted on X,

“Mr. Prime Minister, have you spoken to President Trump yet?” I asked as he fled a lunchtime news conference on Tuesday in the capital city, Nuuk (population 20,000). Egede, who is 37, wore a green zip-up sweater, stared straight ahead, and was walking toward me. He said nothing.

Here’s what happened the last three times the U.S. tried to acquire Greenland.