#Greenland #DonaldTrump - Why the US and Europe are battling for Greenland’s future | Mapped Out: DW News

8 March 2025

Greenland finds itself at the center of a lot of geopolitical attention. US President Donald Trump’s push to control it has sparked tension with NATO ally Denmark and reinforced Europe’s growing wariness that the US is no longer interested in their security.

But why is the world suddenly so interested in this remote island in the far north? And what do the people in Greenland want for their own future?

In recent weeks, Trump has stepped up his rhetoric about the idea of annexing Canada and Greenland. During a news conference at Mar-a-Lago on 7 January, he floated the possibility of bringing these territories into the US. Later that day, he took to Truth Social to post two maps of North America, showing the US and Canada merged into a single country. He also shared a satirical imitation of a New York Post front cover, featuring Trump himself pointing at a map with Canada and Greenland marked with red ‘X’s and relabeled ’51st’ and ‘Our Land,’ respectively.