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How is Trump's bid to acquire Greenland going over in Denmark?

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Here & Now Newsroom

January 08, 2026

A woman walks near a church in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 7, 2025. (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

The Trump administration is pushing forward with its desire to acquire Greenland from Denmark.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Lin Mortensgaard, researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, about how this is going over in Denmark.

This segment aired on January 8, 2026.

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