Donald Trump renewed calls for the United States to gain control of Greenland on Sunday, in a statement announcing his pick for the role of ambassador to Denmark. “For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World,

"Here we go again," said Malte Humpert of the Arctic Institute. "This idea remains as ludicrous as it was in 2019."

President-elect Donald J. Trump has made clear that he has designs for American territorial expansion, declaring that the United States has both security concerns and commercial interests that can best be addressed by bringing the Panama Canal and Greenland under American control or outright ownership.