As with much of what US President Donald Trump says, his repeated insistence that the US will buy, or simply occupy, Greenland (Zurcher, 2025) drew a mixture of shock and mirth. But he is deadly serious; his administration had its eye on long-term strategic, geopolitical and geoeconomic objectives – particularly with respect to gaining strategic advantages over China and Russia.
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