The West’s Arctic Defenses Rely On Some Sled Dogs and Aging Ships in Greenland
Trump isn’t the first U.S. president to express an interest in Greenland. During World War II, when Denmark was invaded by the Nazis, Greenland became a de facto U.S. protectorate. President Harry S. Truman offered to buy the island from Denmark for $100 million in 1946. The Danes declined the U.S. offer but signed the security pact that gives the U.S. the right to build military installations there.
It's also critical to defending the Atlantic, explains this piece from the Wall Street Journal.
*It's also the world's biggest island. Australia, about triple Greenland's size and also seemingly an island is classified, instead, as a continental landmass.
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