What the visiting journalists weren’t told—nor were many of the soldiers living at the station, which could house up to 200—was that Camp Century was a cover for a secret Cold War Army project. Unknown even to Greenland’s Danish government,
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the suggestion in response to President Donald Trump's "clean out" Gaza proposal.
Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others are just idiotic.
In 2019, then-President Donald Trump suggested the United States “buy Greenland” — as a matter of national security. Now in office again, Trump has continued to push for acquisition of the island, illustrated by a recent “horrendous” call with Denmark’s prime minister just last week on the matter.
The move comes after President Donald Trump voiced his desire to acquire Greenland and refused to rule out using military force.
Denmark said on Monday it would spend 14.6 billion Danish kroner ($2.05 billion) boosting its military capabilities in the Arctic – a decision that comes amid continuing furor following US President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in controlling Greenland,
President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.
Greenland, thrown into the geopolitical limelight amid renewed interest from Donald Trump, may still need several years to arrange a referendum on independence, according to a senior lawmaker in the Danish parliament.
Interest in buying Greenland has "popped up from time to time in American politics," Tom Høyem, Denmark's former minister to Greenland, told ABC News in an interview.
Trump’s bid for the Arctic territory was laughed off as a joke. Now, it’s gaining traction and provoking jitters in Europe.