The Greenlandic cry for an independent voice has only grown louder since 2019, when then-U.S. President Donald Trump first suggested purchasing the island from Denmark.

The European Commission said they have the tools to deal with "unfair economic coercion against a single member state".

“Many want to use him to liberate us from Denmark,” he said, raising his eyebrows suggestively. Jørgen Boassen takes a selfie with Donald Trump Jr. in Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 7, 2025.

As the president-elect's call to buy—or take—a sovereign country moves from punchline to possibility, a look at the real stakes of the Arctic’s mounting cold war.

A staged joke or serious threat? Trump seems intent on controlling a territory that's been part of the Danish crown since 1830. Here's how Greenland feels.

NUUK, Greenland — The people of Greenland, the Inuit, the people of the farthest north, are famously quiet. At church, you can barely hear them when they sing. In conversation, you have to lean in. This doesn’t mean they are passive. They eat polar bears.

The prime minister said that while Greenlanders do not want to become Americans, “the reality is we are going to work with the U.S. — yesterday, today and tomorrow.”

Greenland's prime minister has rejected Donald Trump's proposal to join the U.S. while a new survey found most Americans oppose the idea.

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen emphasized that Greenland is not for sale as President-elect Trump insists the U.S. should acquire the territory.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to make Greenland a part of the United States and does not rule out using military or economic power to get Denmark to hand it over.