The U.S. didn’t “suddenly” want Greenland.

It’s been defending it, negotiating it, and embedding there since the 1800s. - William Mielke

• 1867 – Andrew Johnson: explored buying Greenland & Iceland (right after Alaska).
• WWII – FDR: U.S. took over Greenland’s defense while Denmark was occupied.
• 1946 – Truman: offered $100M in gold to buy it.
• Cold War – Eisenhower → Kennedy: nonstop negotiations for bases, radar, missiles.
• Post–Cold War – Clinton/Bush/Obama: expanded Arctic security & missile defense.
• 2019 – Trump: said publicly what presidents discussed privately for 150+ years.

Greenland = Arctic power, shipping lanes, missiles, minerals.

• Trump didn’t invent it.
• He said the quiet part out loud.
• America First!