Vladimir Putin is determined to further enlarge Russia, and he sees Donald Trump’s plan to buy Greenland or take it by other means as a way to whitewash Putin’s attempted conquest of Ukraine, as well as his potential future endeavors.

The Russian president should also take control of Norway's Spitsbergen island in the Arctic, according to Andrey Gurulev

John Bolton, President-elect Trump’s former national security adviser, said Trump’s unwillingness to rule out military force on Greenland could bolster the positions of Chinese President Xi

Solovyov proposed a land corridor through NATO countries, likening it to Trump's call to acquire Greenland for U.S. security.

Russia once floated the idea of the U.S. acquiring Greenland in a forged fundraising letter sent to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton nearly five years ago, according to Danish intelligence. Newsweek contacted the Kremlin and the Trump-Vance transition team for comment by email on Monday.

The incoming U.S. administration admits that its stunning polar gambit is about warding off Russian ambitions.

Trump should reflect on the ramifications of his comments about Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal.

Donald Trump has refused to rule out using military force to seize the world's largest island, and the Kremlin's concern is no surprise, given the Arctic's growing economic and geopolitical significance to Moscow.

IN THE NEWS: President-elect Donald Trump keeps telling anyone who will listen that he wants the United States to acquire Greenland and he has not ruled out the use of military or economic coercion in his quest to take that huge, icy island from Denmark.

President-elect Donald Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric at U.S. allies and potential adversaries with arguments that the frontiers of American power need to be extended into Canada and the Danish territory of Greenland,

Trump wants to take Greenland from Denmark, make Canada the 51st state and retake the Panama Canal, threats reflecting his view that might makes right.

Trump calls Ukraine war ‘bloody mess’ as he refuses to rule out military action to gain control over Greenland