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Did US give Greenland to Denmark after WW2? Fact-checking Trump's ‘stupid’ claim at Davos

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that the US gave Greenland to Denmark after World War 2. The claim was made during the 79-year-old's speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos amid ...
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In World War II’s dog‑eat‑dog struggle for resources, a Greenland mine launched a new world order

Greenland’s cryolite mine, essential for U.S. airplane production, was below sea level and vulnerable to Nazi sabotage. Reginald Wilcox, ca. 1941. Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College On ...