Trump wants to buy Greenland but Washington has done little to endear itself to the world's largest island
Greenland, which sits between the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans, depends on yearly grants from Denmark for support and has struggled to kickstart a stagnant economy.
But why did Trump consider Greenland, where 80 percent of the land is covered by three-kilometre-thick snow? The US has maintained an airbase in Greenland since the early 1950s. The Thule base was a result of an understanding with NATO ally Denmark during the Cold War era, when the threat of transcontinental ballistic missiles was real.
There has been a growing concern in Washington about Russian activity in the Arctic and earlier this year it sent an aircraft carrier there for the first time in a decade. Officials want to promote tourism as a source of revenue in a country that relies on fisheries for 90 percent of its exports
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