US President Donald Trump argued that Denmark's centuries-long claim to Greenland is not valid simply because Danish settlers arrived on the territory half a millennium ago, signalling an unprecedented challenge to established international law and sovereignty norms.
Trump said that the fact Denmark had a ship 'land there 500 years ago doesn't mean they own the land', and suggested that the United States will pursue control of Greenland 'the easy way or the hard way' to prevent Russia or China from gaining influence.
