President Donald Trump has said he believes the US will gain control of Greenland, after showing renewed interest in acquiring the autonomous Danish territory in recent weeks. "I think we're going to have it," he told reporters on Air Force One on Saturday, adding that the island's 57,000 residents "want to be with us".

Donald Trump spent a noteworthy chunk of the transition period provoking controversy—and insulting NATO allies—with his proposals for expanding the U.S. Maybe most prominently, he has repeatedly discussed buying Greenland from Denmark,

I think we’ll get Greenland because it’s about the freedom of the world,” Trump told reporters, adding that the island’s 57,000 residents “want to be with us.” According to Trump, it would be “a very unfriendly act” if Denmark refused to allow the US to acquire Greenland,