Donald Trump wants the United States to buy Greenland for its strategically vital resources, to bolster US security and give China a bloody nose.

Britain would have first rights to purchase Greenland before the United States, the Arctic territory's last Danish Minister has claimed. Tom Høyem, Copenhagen's former permanent representative to Greenland,

There was even a 'horrendous' phone call between Trump and Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen that left officials in Denmark who'd been wondering how seriously to take Trump's rhetoric 'utterly freaked out' as they realised the US has a 'serious, and potentially very dangerous' interest in acquiring Greenland.

Anders Vistisen, a Danish member of the European Parliament, has told U.S. President Donald Trump to "f*** off" after Trump again expressed interest in purchasing the island of Greenland. Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment via email.

Trump has a price, and the billionaires filling Trump’s cabinet and his pockets are willing to pay it for a chance to line their own.

Denmark would need to offer Greenland to the UK first before the island could be sold to Donald Trump, it has emerged. An agreement dating back to 1917 means Britain has first refusal on the Arctic island if current owners Denmark decide to sell it, according to Tom Høyem, Copenhagen’s representative in Greenland from 1982 to 1987.

How earnest is Donald Trump? Does the president dream of stealing new territory for America? How maniacally imperialist will this administration be? As with anything Trump says, it’s difficult to know.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Donald Trump hasn’t been shy about sharing his thoughts since taking office, and he added a 20-minute Q&A with reporters aboard Air Force One to the mix. He held forth on everything from the color of the presidential plane to the fate of TikTok, Greenland and Canada.

Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others are just idiotic.

Kemgbe Onyeisiala mba Amerịka bụ Donald Trump banyere n'ụbọchị Monde, 20 Jenuwarị, 2025, obodo a na-akpọ Greenland so n'okwu a kpụ n'ọnụ kemgbe ahụ ma ruo taa.

According to experts, Greenland is “ground zero for how the Arctic has become more geopolitically and strategically significant.”