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Why buy Greenland? Because it’s valuable (or so Trump’s been told)

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President Donald Trump has floated the idea of buying Greenland multiple times in the last two weeks. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called...

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Why buy Greenland? Because it’s valuable (or so Trump’s been told)

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