Howard Lutnick, who has agreed to divest his financial interests if he is confirmed, is one of several allies of President Trump who have held or explored potential mining investments on the island.

Intrigued by Walker’s suggestion, Seward — who was negotiating with Copenhagen to purchase the Danish West Indies — asked Walker to prepare a report describing what the United States stood to gain from acquiring Greenland,

Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others are just idiotic.

Greenland’s population is overwhelmingly against leaving the Danish realm in favor of the US, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s insistence the island is keen to join.

President Trump is doubling down on his efforts to acquire Greenland from Denmark, and now the Danish government is pushing back.