Denmark, Greenland
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Denmark has said that its 1952 directive that allows its military to shoot first at invaders and ask questions later still remains valid as Donald Trump's threat to takeover continues to persist., World News,
President Donald Trump’s renewed insistence that the United States should "get Greenland" has reopened a diplomatic wound between Washington and Copenhagen, reviving memories of the only time the US successfully purchased Danish territory: the 1917 acquisition of the Danish West Indies.
President Donald Trump said in an interview published Sunday that the United States needs to annex Greenland "for defense," drawing condemnation and demands from Denmark to stop threatening annexation.
Greenland and Denmark made a forceful push on Capitol Hill Thursday that Greenland is not for sale, pushing back at repeated suggestions from President Trump and other administration officials
Trump administration official Stephen Miller argued Greenland should be part of the United States in an interview on CNN, questioning Denmark's territorial claim.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said that he would meet with Denmark next week, as U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated in recent days that he wants to gain control of Greenland.
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller doubled down on President Trump’s renewed threats to make Greenland a U.S. territory, but he dismissed the prospect that a military confrontation would be necessary to achieve that goal.
Denmark has welcomed a meeting with the U.S. next week to discuss President Donald Trump’s renewed call for the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island of Greenland to come under American control.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to take Greenland, which has received extra weight after the capture of Maduro in Venezuela. Why?