Trump’s bid for the Arctic territory was laughed off as a joke. Now, it’s gaining traction and provoking jitters in Europe.

It was signed by then-President Woodrow Wilson and his secretary of ... director of the Arctic Initiative at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.

That is, he thought buying Greenland would be a precursor to absorbing Canada - a vision Trump hasn’t quite relinquished, either. In 1917, the United States under President Woodrow Wilson bought ...

Many American policymakers argued the U.S. should also acquire Greenland as well, according to Høyem. "[President] Woodrow Wilson at first ... of Commerce's International Trade Association.

MORE: How serious is Trump about Greenland? | 538 Politics Podcast "[President] Woodrow Wilson at first said, 'No, it's not worth anything at all. It's just ice. I don't want it.' But there was such a ...

in exchange for recognition of Danish sovereignty over Greenland. It was signed by then-President Woodrow Wilson and his secretary of state, Robert Lansing. "I do not know why President Trump's ...