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Invasion, coercion, purchase. How Trump's Greenland saga could end

This is an updated version of a story that first ran in March 2025.

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Buy Greenland? Take It? Why? An Old Pact Already Gives Trump a Free Hand.

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Lawmakers weigh in on Trump's threats to take over Greenland

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Europe draws red line on Greenland after a year of trying to pacify Trump

For the past year, European friends turned frenemies of the United States have delicately navigated one shock after another, hoping for the best as President Donald Trump threatened to lay waste to th...

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Trump Threatens to Take Greenland ‘the Hard Way’

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Reactions in Greenland after Trump reiterates plans to take over the island

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US and Denmark to meet next week over Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland

“Nothing about Greenland, without Greenland,” she said.

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Trump actively discussing potentially buying Greenland, White House says

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How Greenland, other European leaders have responded to Trump’s renewed push to acquire the island

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Trump discussing how to acquire Greenland, US military always an option, White House says

Trump sees acquiring Greenland as a U.S. national security priority necessary to "deter our adversaries in the Arctic region," the White House said.

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Trump renews push to annex Greenland after Venezuela strike

President Donald Trump has repeatedly talked about annexing Greenland. He reupped those calls hours after the U.S. captured Venezuela's leader.

Trump: We're not going to allow Russia and China to occupy Greenland

President Donald Trump discusses his maneuvering on Greenland while taking reporter questions at the White House.

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CNBC daily open: After Venezuela, rumblings of Greenland takeover from the White House

If Trump gives in to his desire to acquire Greenland, markets could react badly to the symbolic — and possible concrete — fracturing of the NATO partnership.

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Trump says he’ll get deal on Greenland, ‘easy way’ or ‘hard way’

President Donald Trump ramped up his rhetoric over Greenland, saying he’s willing to secure the territory “the hard way” if authorities are unwilling to cut a deal for the US to take over the island.

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Trump's Greenland idea isn't new. The US has pursued it at least 3 times before

President Trump's interest in acquiring Greenland fits into a long, little-known pattern in U.S. history, since American leaders have long seen Greenland as a strategic asset.