Still, coincidentally, the last foreign territory purchased by the United States was from Denmark. It bought the Virgin Islands in 1917 for $25 million. A few subsequent U.S. territorial expansions in the South Pacific were the result of annexations and treaties, according to the Global Policy Forum, a watchdog.

The mind reader, 79, offered his rocky outcrop off Scotland’s east coast to Donald Trump, also 79, saying Trump knows how it is connected to Greenland. Trump has said he wants Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, to be part of the USA.

If President Donald Trump is serious about bolstering the US presence in Greenland, he has options -- but he may still want the most provocative one.

The prime minister of Greenland warned President Donald Trump off his controversial ambition to acquire the territory, writing on social media Wednesday, "Greenland is ours." Trump again expressed his desire to take control of the Arctic island -- which is ...

Analysts say the Cold War agreement allows the president to increase the American military presence almost at will.

The rebuttal marks the latest response in a year-long campaign by the US to annexe the autonomous Danish province. Trump has repeatedly expressed an interest in 'purchasing' and taking control of the Arctic island from Denmark.

SPOON-BENDING magician Uri Geller has proposed a small island he owns off of the North Berwick coast becomes America's 51st state and use as

Starmer had ​earlier said he stood with Denmark in its defence of Greenland, saying no one else should determine the future of the vast territory after Trump ​said he needed it for defence. (Reporting by Preetika Parashuraman in ​Bengaluru;