When Donald Trump first threw out the idea of buying Greenland during his first term in 2019, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called it an “absurd discussion” and it seemed as though few disagreed with her. Now Trump is about to resume power and appears to be serious about acquiring the North Atlantic territory.
The Case for Greenlandic Independence
The island holds strategic and economic value for the United States, but annexation isn’t necessary.

Little Inuit village Tinit at the shore of the Sermilik (Sermiligaaq) ice fjord in East Greenland. (Photo by: Martin Zwick/REDA/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
Little Inuit village Tinit at the shore of the Sermilik (Sermiligaaq) ice fjord in East Greenland. (Photo by: Martin Zwick/REDA/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)



