Trump sought Greenland during his first term in office, saying in 2019 that it was “hurting Denmark very badly” by costing the nation $700 million a year. He said the United States could scoop it up.
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 ...
As President-elect Donald Trump digs in on his proposal to expand U.S. control over Greenland, many of his allies in the MAGA movement have defended the move in conventional foreign policy terms.