US secretary of state Marco Rubio has told lawmakers that US president Donald Trump plans to buy Greenland rather than invade it. Photograph: Ivor Prickett/The New York TimesSoon after Donald Trump’s removal of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, last weekend, he quickly moved on to the subject of Greenland, renewing calls for a US takeover of the Arctic territory. Why is Donald Trump so fixated with Greenland? Since Donald Trump jnr’s high profile visit to Nuuk last January, Mette Frederiksen’s government has made efforts to restore relations with Greenland. US president Donald Trump said on Sunday that he needed Greenland 'very badly'.

Source: The Irish Times January 07, 2026 07:53 UTC