Why Trump Is Obsessed With Taking Over Greenland: QuickTake

US President Donald Trump is dead set on taking control of Greenland, the world’s biggest island and a self-ruling territory of Denmark, despite opposition from Greenlanders and Danes.

Trump first put forward the idea of buying Greenland in 2019, during his first term as president. Since returning to the White House, he’s stepped up his rhetoric. On Dec. 21, the president escalated the dispute by announcing plans to appoint Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as a special envoy to the island.

“We need it for national security,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “We have to have ...