President Trump has made a series of claims about Greenland in recent weeks, insisting the United States needs to take control of the island to protect Americans — a view Greenland officials and NATO allies reject.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, Mr. Trump called acquiring Greenland "a core national security interest of the United States of America," reiterating his interest in acquiring the self-governing territory from Denmark.
Later Wednesday, following a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, the president seemed to temper his language, saying that he and Rutte had reached "the framework of a future deal" regarding Greenland. The president did not provide details on the alleged deal.
As he's sought to justify his efforts, Mr. Trump has claimed in interviews and conversations with world leaders that Denmark has no legal claim to Greenland. He's also exaggerated threats from China and Russia, and falsely suggested Denmark provides almost no defense for the island.
Here's a closer look at several of those claims.
Mr. Trump wrote in a text exchange with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Jan. 19: "Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a 'right of ownership' anyway? There are no written documents, it's only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also."
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