Tag: Greenland is not for sale

• Monday, December 30th 2024 - 09:36 UTC

  Trump’s long late and lost attempt to take over Greenland

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - From his purchase of New Jersey casinos to his proposed acquisition of Greenland, Donald Trump’s real estate deals have always been plagued by bad timing. The United States could probably have bought Greenland from Denmark in 1917 (when it did buy the U.S. Virgin Islands from the Danes), but he’s a century too late now.

• Saturday, August 17th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  Trump's attempt to purchase Greenland, puts the Arctic in the geostrategic global map

  

  President Donald Trump's reported wish to buy Greenland may have been rejected by Denmark, but it underscores the rapidly rising value of the massive, ice-covered island due to global warming and to China's drive for an Arctic presence.