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Trump’s Greenland purchase plan has been a US ambition since 1868

By Elías Thorsson, Marybeth Sandell January 6, 2025
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When President-elect Donald Trump once more floated the idea of purchasing Greenland, reactions ranged from ridicule to intrigue. Critics dismissed the notion as another eccentric Trump proposal. However, history reveals that the United States’ interest in Greenland is far from new—it’s a strategy that dates back more than a century.

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