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Trump won’t rule out force to take Greenland – a country with a complex colonial history

  • Written by Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University

Donald Trump has long been interested in Greenland becoming part of the United States. Yesterday, he told reporters he would not rule out using military force to acquire the Danish territory, saying “we need” it for the “economic security” of the United States. As he spoke, his son Donald Jr was in Greenland, on what is...

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