Why Is Trump So Intent on Acquiring Greenland?

President Donald Trump has had his sights set on Greenland for years.

He first offered to buy the island, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, in 2019 during his first term in what he described as “essentially a real estate deal.” Since his reelection he has redoubled the push to acquire the territory and repeatedly threatened to annex it, despite pushback from Greenland itself, Denmark, other European leaders, and even some prominent members of his own party within...