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Trump orders espionage campaign against Greenland

By Elías Thorsson May 7, 2025

The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. intelligence agencies have been instructed to intensify surveillance in Greenland, marking a serious escalation in President Donald Trump’s long-running campaign to assert American control over the island. The move follows recent comments in which Trump declined to rule out using military force to take the territory, calling the NATO country critical to national security.

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