Skip to Main ContentTrump: 'Anything Less' Than U.S. Control Of Greenland 'Unacceptable'President Donald Trump on Wednesday ramped up the rhetoric on taking over Greenland, writing on Truth Social that “anything less than” getting the semi-autonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark would be “unacceptable.”The president's aggressive post came just hours before Vice President JD Vance is to host Danish and Greenlandic officials for talks at the White House.Trump wrote the U.S. “needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security,” warning that Russia or China would take control of the world's largest island if it weren't in U.S. control.“NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the UNITED STATES,” Trump wrote. “Anything less than that is unacceptable.”Trump has talked about buying Greenland, though the White House hasn't ruled out taking it by force.See All UpdatesClose