Throughout both of his presidencies, U.S. president Donald Trump has expressed a desire to expand the United States' territory and influence through both land purchases and military means.
Trump with Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen in 2019
Pituffik Space Base, the U.S.-run ballistic missile-warning site in Greenland
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Greenland crisis
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Since 2025, the second Donald Trump administration of the United States has sought to annex Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, triggering an ongoing international diplomatic crisis. This e
American expansionism under Donald Trump
…influence through both land purchases and military means. Trump first stated his desire to annex Greenland during his first presidency; he has pursued a campaign to acquire Greenland during his second presidency. He has also suggested annexation or taking control of Canada, Mexico, the Panama Canal, the Gaza Strip, and Cuba. After…
"Hands off Greenland" protests in Copenhagen, 2026
Greenland's head of state, King Frederik X, and the Greenland prime minister Múte Bourup Egede visit Pituffik Space Base and are greeted on the runway by US base commander Jason Terry, with Greenlandic, Danish, and US flags in the background, 29 June 2024. The King and the Prime Minister made a stop at the base when travelling to Qaanaaq in the north of Greenland and are wearing traditional Greenlandic blue anoraks.
Royal Danish Navy frigate HDMS Absalon (F341) off the coast of Greenland
US vice-president JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance at Pituffik Space Base, March 2025