From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island. Here’s why Greenland has always remained out of reach—and why it always mattered so much.

The riches thought to lie beneath Greenland's icy terrain have been coveted for more than a century. But how easy are they to access, and will climate change make any difference?

Anders Vistisen, a Danish member of the European Parliament, has told U.S. President Donald Trump to "f*** off" after Trump again expressed interest in purchasing the island of Greenland. Newsweek has contacted the White House and Vistisen for comment via email.

President Trump ruffled feathers with his plan to buy Greenland, and a Danish MEP is pushing back in a coarsely worded response put in 'words [he] might understand.'

Greenlanders do not want to follow American policy on China. And a large minority view Chinese influence in the world positively.

The next year, summer 2023, Saros returned to find the familiar lakes utterly transformed. “You could see it right away,” she says. The water bodies had gone from crystal clear and blue–their rocky bottoms as visible as if looking through glass–to a steeped tea-brown.

An estimated 7,500 of Greenland lakes turned brown, began emitting carbon, and suffered a decline in water quality.

Taking Greenland through force or coercion would not just be a bad deal for the United States—it could become a legacy-defining unforced error for the Trump administration.

Greenland’s prime minister said he wants to communicate directly with Donald Trump’s administration as the US president ramps up pressure on Denmark to hand over control of the Arctic island.

Greenland as a state would add two Democrats to the Senate and at least one Democrat to the House, and they would be European-style socialists.

Greenland is the world's largest island, but most of it is covered by ice. Its southern tip, however, is sprinkled with picturesque towns and villages that are isolated from each other.