Here’s what happened the last three times the U.S. tried to acquire Greenland.

Donald Trump's hopes to take Greenland for the US seem to be in Sir Keir Starmer's hands as a pact made more than a century ago in which Britain demanded the first right to buy it

It was a contentious, aggressive telephone call, five days before the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Jan. 20.

From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island. Here’s why Greenland has always remained out of reach—and why it always mattered so much.

President Trump had a “firm” phone conversation with Denmark’s prime minister last week to convey his serious intentions of acquiring Greenland, according to a report citing officials privy to the talk.

President Donald Trump told Denmark ’s prime minister he is serious about taking over Greenland in a “fiery” phone call last week, the Financial Times reports. Trump and Mette Frederiksen spoke on the phone for 45 minutes last week after the president said he wanted the US to take Greenland, despite officials repeatedly saying it’s not for sale.

The top European Union military official, Robert Brieger, said it would make sense to station troops from EU countries in Greenland, according to an interview with Germany's Welt am Sonntag published on Saturday,

Denmark agreed on Friday to discuss the Arctic region with Washington, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said, after his first phone call with the top diplomat of the administration of President Donald Trump,

The prime minister said that while Greenlanders do not want to become Americans, “the reality is we are going to work with the U.S. — yesterday, today and tomorrow.”

Anders Vistisen, a Danish member of the European Parliament, has told U.S. President Donald Trump to "f*** off" after Trump again expressed interest in purchasing the island of Greenland. Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment via email.

Greenland aims to develop its economy through mining. The United States is an economic superpower, of course, but in mining Canadian companies are the world leaders and, for obvious reasons, have extensive experience building and operating Arctic mines.