Greenland isn't the first territory America has wanted from Denmark. These island residents question whether history is repeating itself.

President's Trump's designs on acquiring the world's largest island "one way or the other" have stirred feelings of betrayal among Danes and Greenlanders. Mo Rocca gives us a history lesson about an island that is 80 percent covered in ice.

Geopolitics made Greenland the unexpected focus of the world’s attention. But the territory has long been a unique region for science.

In early 2026, President Donald Trump pushed for a U.S. takeover of Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.

But when the Soviet Union collapsed, heralding an end to the cold war, Greenland was relegated in importance. The US presence in Greenland went from more than 10,000 personnel on 50 bases to a single settlement at Pituffik space base (formerly Thule air base) with about 150-200 people.

Thousands of Greenlanders carefully marched across snow and ice to take a stand against U.S. President Donald Trump.

U.S. and European officials say they are unaware of any intelligence that shows China and Russia are endangering the island, which is protected by the NATO security umbrella.

Seth Meyers is pretty sure he knows why President Trump's obsession with Greenland flared up again in these last few weeks, and it has to do with the Epstein files. According to the NBC host, Trump mostly just tried to distract people calling for the files with a bigger island.