US President Donald Trump ramped up his claims to Greenland on Wednesday, saying ahead of a visit by Vice President JD Vance that the United States needed to take control of the Danish island for “international security.”
US President Donald Trump ramped up his claims to Greenland on Wednesday, saying ahead of a visit by Vice President JD Vance that the United States needed to take control of the Danish island for “international security.”
It is not a Danish island. It’s a country that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, just like Denmark and the Faroe Islands. A Danish island would be an island in Denmark, like Funen, Ærø, or Bornholm.
Taking Greenland is a kin to taking Scotland from the UK, or Maine from the US of A. They’re autonomous, and trying to buy a country from us really brings up some colonial feelings, that we would much rather be done with.