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From ‘absurd’ offer to military threats: How Donald Trump’s bid for Greenland unfolded
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Independent World · North America
President Donald Trump’s interest in a U.S. acquisition of Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark, first became publicly known in 2019
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