US accepted Greenland’s status over a century ago

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President Trump was insistent last winter that US would take over Greenland, one way or another. But Denmark has controlled the island territory for more than a century — an arrangement the US agreed to in a treaty in 1916. Danish journalist Steen Jørgenseen explains that history to The World’s Host Marco Werman.

This story originally aired on March 25, 2025.