From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.

It was no surprise to Kremlin watchers that Vladimir Putin waxed nostalgic with Donald Trump about the joint roles their ...

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 ...

The closest the U.S. came to acquiring Greenland was during and in the immediate aftermath of World War II when it occupied the island. The cryolite mentioned in Walker’s 1867 report became as ...

President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.

One Greenlander is nicknamed “Trump’s son” for his admiration for the US President. Another said she would oppose any attempt for a US takeover. CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan went to Nuuk to hear what people ...

The purchase of Greenland has been a topic of conversation since before World War II, when Denmark sold the ... the island territory, beginning during his first administration when he tried ...

When President Donald Trump first floated acquiring Greenland in 2019 ... community that we have built together since World War II.” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who met with Frederiksen ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Denmark’s prime minister insisted on Monday that Greenland is not for sale ... Europe’s biggest land conflict since World War II approaches its third anniversary, and with ...