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Why the USA Wants Greenland

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In January 2026, the President of the United States threatened his own allies with tariffs, all over one frozen island where about 57,000 people live. Why does America keep coming back for Greenland?

We follow the map from Seward's report of 1867 and the 1917 Virgin Islands deal to the Danish diplomat who let America defend Greenland in 1941, Truman's secret $100 million offer in gold, Thule Air Base (now Pituffik), Camp Century hidden inside the ice, the 1968 B-52 crash, the GIUK gap, rare earths under the ice, and the 2026 deal signed in New York.

Where the sides involved disagree, we give their own stated positions. Situation as of November 2026.

Made on 11 November 2026.

0:00 The island the President wanted
1:08 The map that lies
2:13 The first offers
3:22 A hundred million in gold
4:34 Secrets in the ice
5:39 The gate in the sea
6:39 What lies under the ice
7:50 The deal
9:03 The top of the world

Sources include: Britannica (Greenland, Camp Century), the US State Department and NPR (the 1946 offer), The War Zone and the National Security Archive (Thule and the 1968 crash), Verian poll for Berlingske and Sermitsiaq (January 2025), CSIS and ISDP (Greenland security and investment), S&P Global (mining and the block grant), Al Jazeera, Reuters, the Washington Post, NPR and PBS (2026 tariffs, the Davos framework, the September 2026 agreement and Greenland's 3 November vote).
Credits: Elevation: Mapzen / AWS Terrain Tiles. Borders: Natural Earth. Music and voice: Epidemic Sound.
Category
ATLANTIC ROAD
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greenland, why does the us want greenland, trump greenland
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