150 military personnel are based on Greenland, an autonomous territory under the administration of the Kingdom of Denmark, ...

The U.S. has been Greenland’s defender since April 1940 when Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Denmark. In 1941, Danish diplomats and Greenland authorities essentially made Greenland an American ...

There is historical precedent: After Germany occupied Denmark in World War II, the U.S. set up military bases in Greenland as part of the Allied effort and remained there after the war.

The first direct flight from the U.S. to Greenland by an American airline has landed in the capital city of Nuuk.

Greenland is onethird as large as the continental United States with ice a mile thick covering 90% of the island. A full meltdown of the Greenland Ice Cap would cause all world oceans to rise 20 feet.

Trump has repeatedly returned to national security as a reason for wanting Greenland. But USA TODAY reported the island has critical minerals used in industries where China has a near-monopoly ...

But Greenland’s population of roughly 56,000 is a small fraction of the Scandinavian country. For context, the least-populated U.S. state, Wyoming, had around 577,000 people at the time of the ...

After Germany occupied Norway in 1940 and Adolf Hitler’s troops invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Svalbard became a key point of military contestation.

Why Trump Really Should ‘Buy’ Greenland As the island pursues independence, the U.S. can step in to safeguard Western interests from growing global threats. By ...

Greenland’s size — 836,330 square miles — also offers Mr. Trump, a former Manhattan developer, the chance to clinch what he may see as one of history’s greatest real estate deals.