Nevertheless, Trump’s comments on Greenland have created a stir on Chinese social media, which is subject to censorship. “If Greenland is annexed by the United States, China must take Taiwan,” Wang Jiangyu (王江雨), a professor of law at City University of Hong Kong, wrote on Sina Weibo.

President-elect Trump's talk of Canada as a "51st state" and annexing Greenland registered among national-security crowds as an "Oh, boy!" moment. Obnoxious, enticing, familiar. Why it matters: The darlings of Trump's current foreign policy fixation boast Arctic utility at a time when the icy region is heating up.

Buy Greenland? President-elect Donald Trump hasn't been officially sworn in as the 47th president and he's already been stirring the waters around the world. Most of the reasons to buy Greenland boil down to two: national security and resources.

Pedersen, Louise Rasmussen, Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to make Greenland a part of the United States and does not rule out using military or economic power to get Denmark to hand it over.

Múte Egede, Greenland’s prime minister, said his country would pursue closer defense and business ties to U.S.