The Trump Administration’s Push for Greenland: What to Know

U.S. President Donald Trump has continued to escalate his rhetoric about bringing Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark and the world’s largest island, under U.S. control. Trump argues that Greenland’s natural resources and strategic location in the Arctic make it vital to U.S. national security interests. “If we don’t do it, Russia or China will,” Trump told reporters in January.