President-elect Trump has considered buying Greenland: Here's every proposal in American history

The incoming Trump administration has reinvoked chatter astir the anticipation of the United States purchasing Greenland, an thought floated during the president-elect's archetypal word successful office.

In his archetypal term, Trump tweeted an representation of coastal Greenland with an edited, glossy Trump operation gathering superimposed connected the landscape. It was captioned, "I committedness not to bash this to Greenland!"

In August 2019, President Trump confirmed to reporters that helium was funny successful purchasing Greenland, an thought that raised some curiosity and debate.

"Denmark fundamentally owns it," Trump said. "We’re precise bully allies with Denmark, we support Denmark similar we support ample portions of the world. So the conception came up and I said, ‘Certainly I’d be.’ Strategically it’s absorbing and we’d beryllium funny but we’ll speech to them a small bit. It’s not No. 1 connected the burner, I tin archer you that."

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks astatine a House Republicans Conference gathering astatine the Hyatt Regency connected Capitol Hill connected November 13, 2024 successful Washington, DC.  (Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty Images)

The Wall Street Journal archetypal reported Trump’s interest, citing sources who said helium had mentioned the thought with "varying degrees of seriousness."

The thought was shelved aft Joe Biden took bureau successful 2021, but has resurfaced online successful the aftermath of Trump's triumph earlier this month.

Republican Congressman Mike Collins of Georgia posted what appears to beryllium an electoral representation featuring Greenland connected November 7, with the territory voting GOP. It was captioned, "Project 2029."

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Since then, a subordinate of parliament successful Denmark has pushed backmost connected the thought of the United States purchasing Greenland arsenic an American territory. According to a station from Rasmus Jarlov, the Danish parliament does not mean to connection the territory to anyone, particularly the United States. 

"Greenlandic independency requires support by the Danish parliament[sic] and a alteration of our constitution," wrote Jarlov. "I tin warrant you that determination is nary mode we would o.k. indepence[sic] truthful that you could bargain Greenland. Nice phantasy but hide it."
 

This is acold from the archetypal clip that the United States has considered purchasing the strategically beneficial Arctic landmass.

After World War II, President Harry Truman offered Denmark $100 cardinal for it successful 1946, but Denmark refused.

The thought really came up earlier successful 1945, erstwhile Senator Owen Brewster, R-Maine, called Greenland a "military necessity" supported by American subject leaders. 

Houses connected the coastline successful Nuuk, Greenland. (Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

In 1946, a State Department authoritative noted that the Joint Chiefs of Staff believed the U.S. should purpose to acquisition the territory. That December, Secretary of State James Byrnes adjacent made an connection straight to Denmark’s Foreign Minister Gustav Rasmussen, suggesting a merchantability mightiness beryllium the simplest solution.

American involvement successful Greenland goes backmost adjacent further. In 1867, the State Department explored buying some Greenland and Iceland, recognizing their strategical importance.

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If Denmark hypothetically agrees to merchantability Greenland to the United States, it would beryllium the largest enlargement of American territory successful history, topping 1803's Louisiana Purchase.