This rebuttal marks the latest response in a year-long campaign by the US to annexe the autonomous Danish province. Trump has repeatedly expressed an interest in “purchasing” and taking control of the Arctic island from Denmark, and showed willingness to use force to this end. The diplomatic crisis was ignited after the US president, emboldened by the fall of the Venezuelan regime, doubled down on his claim that the U.S. “absolutely needs” Greenland for defense, while his aides posted provocative “SOON” maps of the island draped in the American flag. Over the past year, Denmark has accused the US of...