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Who controls Greenland, and why does Trump want to buy it?

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President-elect Donald Trump says owning Greenland is a national security objective for the United States .

Greenland is not for sale, nor have officials from Greenland or Denmark alluded to a potential sale.

At well over 800,000 square miles , the Arctic island is enormous and rich with natural resources.