The Greenland crisis: An analysis of Donald Trump’s attempts to take Greenland

Mikkel Runge Olesen

The Greenland crisis: An analysis of Donald Trump’s attempts to take Greenland

Mikkel Runge Olesen

Foreign Policy and Diplomacy

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Abstract

This article seeks to understand one of the most extraordinary foreign policy crises in Danish diplomatic history. How did the Greenland crisis unfold? How should we understand Trump’s January 2026 Davos decision to retreat from his maximalist demands regarding Greenland? Finally, how do we make sense of Trump’s stated reasons for taking Greenland in the first place?

Original language	English
Book series	Danish Foreign Policy Review
Volume	2026
Pages (from-to)	52-85
ISSN	1397-2480
Publication status	Published - 27 May 2026

Keywords

Greenland
Denmark
United States
Foreign policy

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Danish Foreign Policy Review 2026
Banke, C. F. S. (Editor), Larsen, J. (Editor) & Olesen, M. R. (Editor), 27 May 2026, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). 156 p. (Danish Foreign Policy Review).
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