Caught between a series of domestic and international crises, Europeans hoped that, at the very least, Greenland would no longer be one of their concerns.
That hope, however, proved short-lived — lasting just six months.
Not long after landing in Ankara, Turkey, to attend the annual summit of NATO leaders, US President Donald Trump revived his ambition to seize Greenland, the mineral-rich island that belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark and that the former Manhattan tycoon has long pursued as the ultimate real-estate deal.
Greenland "should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark", Trump said on Tuesday, after being received by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
"Greenland doesn't help Denmark. Denmark doesn't spend money to really help Greenland," he added. (In fact, Denmark provides Greenland with a so-called block grant worth almost €600 million per year.)
