A year into Biden’s presidency, U.S. military plans for Greenland remain unclear

A hinted-at expansion of Thule Air Base hasn’t materialized, but U.S. interest in Greenland's minerals is still strong.

By Martin Breum January 19, 2022
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion in 2019 that he wanted to buy Greenland signaled an intense strategic U.S. interest in the island, an autonomous country in the Danish realm. But, now, a year into his successor Joe Biden’s tenure, it is still not clear what Washington really wants in Greenland.

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