1 week ago - Greenland's government said on Monday that progress has been made in high-stakes talks with the United States over the territory's future, but that ​the giant island sought by President Donald Trump will never be ‌for sale.

Greenland is thus not Danish property. Any attempt by another country to "purchase" it would be a breach of international law – and neither Greenland nor Denmark would agree to that. 2. What kind of colonial power has Denmark been in Greenland?

January 23, 2026 - And Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry told CNBC this month that Trump was a "business president" who believed the island represented "a more robust trading opportunity". Over the summer, the Trump administration signed off on the possibility of backing an American company's mining project in Greenland, via $120m (£90m) in financing from the Export-Import Bank of the United States. The plan built on other deals the Trump administration has agreed with Australia and Japan, as well as private firms, to secure US access to supply and production of rare earths, an industry now dominated by China. Dr Patrick Schröder, a senior research fellow at Chatham House, said the scale of Greenland's critical minerals holdings had the potential to "shift the dial" for the US, allowing it to reduce its reliance on China - a key priority for the administration. But critics of Trump's designs on the island, say it is not clear why US control would be necessary to access the island's resources.

1 week ago - He said he emphasized to Landry that the giant island, coveted by the US because of what Trump says are national security concerns and amid reports the US wants access to its minerals, will never be for sale.

January 19, 2026 - Miranda says the difference is not just Trump’s words but the sense that they might now be acted on. “People told me that Venezuela made a huge difference to how serious the threat feels,” she says. “When he first started saying he wanted the US to acquire Greenland, it was strange, and almost laughable. Now it feels real.” · Trump’s threats may still prove to be bluster. But in a world where international law feels increasingly fragile, even the possibility of a superpower deciding to take what it wants is enough to make a small, peaceful society feel exposed. “People are thinking through things they never imagined having to think about,” she says. “Do you leave before it happens? Do you wait? If soldiers arrive, do you submit? Do you protest? Will there be shooting? There’s been no guidance from the authorities, so people are trying to work it out for themselves.” ...

October 20, 2025 - Tanbreez sold the project to Critical Metals of the United States, reportedly for much less than what the Chinese offered. The U.S. pressure is akin to similar American efforts to block Chinese influence in Africa's copperbelt.

January 15, 2025 - Despite Trump’s claims, Greenland is not for sale. The island’s leadership has consistently asserted that its future lies in the hands of its people. Mute Egede, the Prime Minister of Greenland, has been vocal about this, stating, "Greenland ...

January 13, 2026 - However, it is close to the US, and American President Donald Trump has demanded that it should be sold to his country. In case Denmark refuses to do so, Trump has said that the US might even use military invasion to take control of Greenland.

January 15, 2025 - Within the next three months, they will hold a general election that will take the temperature of that relationship. Greenland is not for sale. But its new position gives it the ability to play the US and Denmark off of each other – a dynamic ...

January 13, 2026 - She said “it is just unfathomable to understand” that Greenland could be facing the prospect of being sold or annexed. U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland on Wednesday at the White House to discuss Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland, according to a U.S. official and two sources familiar with the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting has not yet been formally announced. Denmark’s foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said earlier that Vance would host a meeting with him and his Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, in Washington this week, with Rubio in attendance. At a joint news conference with Danish Prime Minster Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen, Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen reiterated that Greenland isn’t for sale, Danish media reported.

January 13, 2026 - Ms. Nathanielsen said Greenland understands the need to “shake things up, to make things different … But we do believe that it can be done without the use of force.” She said “it is just unfathomable to understand” that Greenland could be facing the prospect of being sold or annexed. US Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland on Wednesday at the White House to discuss Trump's interest in acquiring Greenland, according to a US official and two sources familiar with the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting has not yet been formally announced. Denmark's foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said earlier that Vance would host a meeting with him and his Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, in Washington this week, with Rubio in attendance.

January 13, 2026 - But we do believe that it can be done without the use of force.”She said “it is just unfathomable to understand” that Greenland could be facing the prospect of being sold or annexed.A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation is headed to Copenhagen for meetings on Friday and Saturday in an attempt to show unity between the United States and Denmark.Nathanielsen said she thinks the people of Greenland have a say in their own future.“My deepest dream or hope is that the people of Greenland will get a say no matter what," she said. "For others this might be a piece of land, but for us it’s home.”__Moulson reported from Berlin and Madhani from Washington. Jill Lawless in London, Darlene Superville and Matthew Lee in Washington and Lorne Cook in Brussels contributed to this report. ... A senior Greenland government official said Tuesday it’s “unfathomable” that the United States is discussing taking over a NATO ally and urged the Trump administration to listen to voices from the Arctic isla

April 26, 2020 - After President Trump tried to buy Greenland, the U.S. said Thursday it's giving the island $12 million for economic development.

August 16, 2019 - Greenland's government dismissed the idea it was for sale after Donald Trump made rumblings about purchasing the world's largest island from Denmark · 'We are open for business, but we're not for sale,' Greenland's foreign minister Ane Lone ...

January 10, 2025 - Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking shape all over the planet.

January 22, 2026 - The question of who owns Greenland rings throughout history, arguably beginning in the Viking Age. But since the Second World War, the ownership of Greenland has taken on an enhanced and ever-evolving geopolitical significance…

January 13, 2026 - At a joint news conference with Danish Prime Minster Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen, Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen reiterated that Greenland isn’t for sale, Danish media reported. Nielsen said Greenland doesn’t want to be owned or ruled by the U.S. Frederiksen also underlined Denmark’s willingness to invest in Arctic security. She said it hasn’t been easy to stand up to unacceptable pressure from a close ally and there are many indications that the most difficult part lies ahead. Nathanielsen, the minister, said of Greenland's people: “We have no intentions of becoming American … but we have worked towards more collaboration with the Americans for many, many years." “We feel betrayed. We feel the rhetoric is offensive," she added, “but also bewildering.” ... NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte refused to be drawn into the dispute, insisting that it was not his role to get involved.

August 17, 2019 - We’re open for business, not for sale.” · #Greenland is rich in valuable resources such as minerals, the purest water and ice, fish stocks, seafood, renewable energy and is a new frontier for adventure tourism.

September 14, 2019 - Greenland’s Foreign Minister, Ane Lone Bagger, stated that while Greenland was very much open for business, it is not for sale, and Prime Minister Frederiksen called the entire notion ‘absurd’, noting that, ‘Greenland is not Danish.

January 13, 2026 - U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland on Wednesday at the White House to discuss Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland, according to a U.S. official and two sources familiar with the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting has not yet been formally announced. ... Denmark’s foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said earlier that Vance would host a meeting with him and his Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, in Washington this week, with Rubio in attendance. At a joint news conference with Danish Prime Minster Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen, Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen reiterated that Greenland isn’t for sale, Danish media reported. Nielsen said Greenland doesn’t want to be owned or ruled by the U.S.