Donald Trump shared posts on Truth Social depicting the US flag including Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela, and a milepost marking Greenland as a US Territory. He reiterated his stance on acquiring Greenland for national security,

"All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland, where we already had it as a trustee, but respectfully returned it back to Denmark not long ago," Trump said.

As naysayers shouted down Trump’s aspiration as ridiculous and colonial, he defied his critics, including those present at the Davos conference, as he proposed a framework.

President Donald Trump pressed for the U.S. to annex Greenland during a combative address at the World Economic Forum in Davos

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After a century of defending other countries against foreign aggression, the United States is now positioned as an imperial power trying to seize another nation’s land.

Greenlanders may take some comfort in President Donald Trump’s announcement on January 21st that he had agreed to “the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland”. What that means for his ambition to make the island part of the United States remains unclear.

The story of Greenland's name weaves together sly marketing, climate change and the Vikings. While Erik the Red selected the name in hopes that it would attract more people to the icy island, now the island is actually getting (a little) more green as its ice sheet melts.

President Donald Trump’s threat to tariff countries who oppose his campaign to annex Greenland has sparked outrage among global allies, with key world leaders vowing to “ uphold European sovereignty .” And it’s not only caused a storm in international waters, as Trump’s warning also prompted a new wave of criticism within his own party.

By Steve Holland, Stine Jacobsen and Janis Laizans DAVOS, Switzerland/COPENHAGEN/NUUK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's abrupt ‌climbdown ​on using tariffs as a weapon to seize Greenland ‌brought relief on Thursday,