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Greenland & Denmark

2019

2019-08-22 Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton pitched the idea of buying Greenland, some speculated it was after Russia forged a letter to the Senator, and the Danish Prime Minister called the pitch “an April Fool’s Day joke”.

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/19/752274659/no-joke-trump-really-does-want-to-buy-greenland

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/russia-putin-trump-greenland-sale-b2679573.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/sen-tom-cotton-says-he-pitched-greenland-deal-to-denmark-last-year-11566515578?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfKLH2Yv0rFCu7LZ7kDkzZKw4iOKO_aMqO_-1MaTEL_dDNmohMjVQf5EF2L0bs%3D&gaa_ts=695e8148&gaa_sig=PZvMgKAgzgQvPtryKx7YduuHojXDVaAf4wAS8v5ai-TCDvsyAJjydV8lG8bwbRDSEknhldyigjCy7Tdc41Alcg%3D%3D

2025

2025-01-07 Trump threatened to seize control of Greenland, stating he would be willing to use military force and would take Greenland “one way or the other”. Later in the month he sent Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump Jr. to promote his cause and reiterated the threats in May.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/trump-says-the-us-will-take-greenland-one-way-or-the-other.html

2026 January

2026-01-03 Katie Miller posted this:

https://x.com/KatieMiller/status/2007541679293944266

2026-01-09 Trump stated during a press conference that, “We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not”.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-us-greenland/story?id=129069483

2026-01-14 Denmark conducted training exercises in Greenland. By January 16th it was a 2-tier operation and involved our closest NATO allies. Reports show they didn’t just transport explosives with their supplies; they included blood shipments in case of an invasion.

https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/19/denmark-deployed-troops-to-greenland-in-january-fearing-us-invasion-local-media-report

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33ln4mp1p2o

https://www.forsvaret.dk/en/news/2026/arctic-endurance-fortsatter-i-hele-2026/

https://www.arctictoday.com/denmark-europe-planned-for-u-s-military-confrontation-over-greenland/

https://www.fmn.dk/en/news/2026/the-danish-armed-forces-expand-their-presence-and-continue-exercises-in-greenland-in-close-cooperation-with-allies/

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/03/20/denmark-was-ready-to-blow-up-greenland-runways-if-us-invaded/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcrcDYE__RA&list=WL&index=1

2026-01-16 Trump threatened countries with tariffs if they didn’t back the US controlling Greenland.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/16/trump-may-tariff-countries-that-dont-go-along-with-his-greenland-plan

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/01/16/trump-says-he-may-punish-countries-tariffs-if-they-dont-back-us-controlling-greenland.html

2026-01-18 During an interview, Scott Bessent said Greenland “can only be defended if it is part of the U.S.” after Trump threatened to acquire Greenland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55FtfIk8U94