Officials in Greenland and Denmark insist the world's largest island isn't for sale. Is President Donald Trump hearing them?

For strategic and resource reasons, Greenland looms large in the imagination of President Donald Trump. But geographically, the island doesn't loom quite as large as you might think. Centuries of ...

But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire ... which manage internal affairs. Denmark controls the island's foreign policy and defense. Greenlanders are Danish citizens.

By 1814, Denmark had officially made Greenland a colony ... Greenland with assessed deposits in the south and west. On some map projections, which enlarge landmasses near the poles, Greenland ...

a professor at the University of Southern Denmark, told AFP. Greenland's 2009 self-rule law, "establishes basically a road ...

a professor at the University of Southern Denmark, told AFP. Greenland's 2009 self-rule law, "establishes basically a road map for independence", he said. Its Article 21 states that a "decision ...

Elections in Greenland don't tend to draw much outside attention. President Donald Trump's expansionist designs on it have changed that.

Today, Greenland controls most domestic affairs, while Denmark still oversees defense ... “I need a road map.” Image Election posters for the Naleraq party on a bus stop in Nuuk.Credit ...