What does Greenland have that Donald Trump wants? He said US needs control of the island for national security. What Denmark and Greenland leaders say

President Donald Trump is calling the plan to take over Greenland a must for national security. But a recent poll shows that most Americans are saying "no."

Trump reignited his call to get Greenland as part of the U.S. earlier this month, arguing that acquiring the island territory is necessary for national security.

A House Republican believes if President Donald Trump was to order the U.S. to invade Greenland, it “would be the

Greenland needs to be "in the hands" of the United States, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, hours before high-stakes talks in Washington. "The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security,

Yesterday, after Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, vowed to cast his lot with Denmark over the United States, Trump said that he didn’t “know anything about” Nielsen but that such a choice would be a “big problem for him.”

Tensions over Greenland resurfaced in mid-January 2026 after the White House shared a social media graphic that framed the Arctic island's future as a choice between closer alignment with the United States or exposure to Russian and Chinese influence.