Since his first term, President-elect Donald Trump has insisted that the United States should purchase Greenland - to the bewilderment of aides asked to investigate such a possibility, and despite repeated denials by top officials in Greenland and Denmark, of which the island is an autonomous territory, that it would ever be for sale at any price.

President-elect Donald Trump made several social media posts Wednesday about foreign policy proposals, including a lengthy post where he implied he would be interested in gaining control of Greenland,