Last Updated:January 07, 2026, 09:48 IST After US forces captured Venezuelan President Maduro, Trump revived his push to bring Greenland under American control, calling the Arctic island essential for national security. Greenland has been at the margins of global politics for decades, but the island has moved to the centre of an escalating confrontation after US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a lightning raid. Within hours, President Donald Trump revived his long-standing demand for the US to take control of Greenland, calling it essential for American “national security" and insisting that Denmark is not capable of protecting the...