Donald Trump wants the United States to buy Greenland for its strategically vital resources, to bolster US security and give China a bloody nose. But he also wants to strike his largest ever real estate deal because Greenland is “massive”, he “loves maps” and because he is very, very stubborn.

Greenland, which President Donald Trump wants to annex on grounds of US national and international security, is a self-governing Danish territory in the Arctic covered in ice, with untapped mineral resources and geostrategic importance.

The United States needs Greenland for international security peace, President Donald Trump said on Friday, adding that there were Chinese and Russian ships in the area that Washington could not leave to Denmark or anyone else to "take care of.

Republicans in Congress would likely be needed to approve any plan to annex Greenland, and several told USA TODAY they aren't sure that's a good idea.

The remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which Vice President JD Vance is visiting on Friday, is the U.S. Department of Defense’s northernmost installation

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says that President Donald Trump’s push for control over Greenland wasn’t surprising given longtime U.S. interest in the mineral-rich territory

Whatever President DONALD TRUMP is doing feels like the opposite of that. That’s according to interviews with seven American and European officials as well as Republican lawmakers and outside experts tracking the issue.

The new majority government will be headed by Democrats leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who had urged parties to set aside disagreements and form a broad coalition to show unity amid Trump's campaign to annex the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

Updates and the latest news as JD Vance visits Greenland and Trump swears in his former lawyer Alina Habba as U.S. attorney for New Jersey.