Published: January 9th, 2025,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

It is not the first time that US President-elect Donald Trump has irritated the world with his desire to seize Greenland. Yet he can already do whatever he wants there, says security expert Michael Paul from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. „In last year’s Greenland Arctic strategy, Greenland – and therefore also Denmark – expressed the wish for increased American involvement and investment,“ says Paul. This would also ease the burden on their own national budget.