What to know about Trump and his keen interest in Greenland President-elect Donald Trump has said multiple times that the U.S. should buy Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. The sparsely populated island is geopolitically important and mineral-rich.

His comments about using binoculars to see our adversaries from Greenland is giving Sarah Palin “I can see Russia from my house” 🙄😂 #HistoryRepeats #LeadershipLessons #ForeignPolicyFollies #DiplomaticBlunders #EchoesOfPalin #BinocularDiplomacy #GreenlandGate