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Trump wants to buy Greenland or take it by force

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Phil Gayle
January 7, 2026

The US has refused to rule out military action to take over the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland. DW asked Jonas Parello-Plesner of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation how Denmark and NATO partners will react.

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