Military. Trump has said Greenland is vital to U.S. security. There is historical precedent: After Germany occupied Denmark in World War II, the U.S. set up military bases in Greenland as part of ...

Vice President JD Vance and Usha Vance will visit Pituffik Space Base, the US military's base in Greenland dating back to ...

President Donald Trump posted a powerful video Friday highlighting the strong historical bonds between Greenland and the ...

Camp Century was built to store nukes beneath Greenland's ice. See photos of the underground, "Star Wars"-like site.

Thule Air Base was renamed Pituffik Space Base in April 2023 to “recognize Greenlandic cultural heritage,” and the site ...

The U.S. has maintained a small missile defense base in Greenland since World War II. Trump has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to come up with a plan for a U.S. missile defense system modeled ...

An international relations expert said there are a few ways Trump could acquire Greenland, however, those options would have ...

The president said that nothing was "off the table" with regards to Washington taking control of the Arctic island.

Politicians in Greenland and Denmark have firmly rejected the idea, but the U.S. administration appears undeterred, so how could a U.S. takeover play out?

The American military presence in Greenland began during World War II, when Greenland was a Danish colony. After Nazi Germany occupied Denmark in 1940, Greenland was suddenly isolated and undefended.