Trump said in a press conference this week that he would not rule out using military force to seize Greenland.

Russia once floated the idea of the U.S. acquiring Greenland in a forged fundraising letter sent to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton nearly five years ago, according to Danish intelligence. Newsweek contacted the Kremlin and the Trump-Vance transition team for comment by email on Monday.

Geopolitical tensions surrounding Greenland are escalating, with Russia seeking to insert itself into the American-Danish dispute. Speaking on state television, a Russian lawmaker suggested that Greenland should be divided into sections,

One European diplomat told Axios that Denmark was widely seen as America’s closest ally in the European Union, and that no one could have imagined it’d be the first Trump would pick a

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is once again making waves with his pursuit of Greenland, this time refusing to rule out using force to gain control of the Arctic island from ally Denmark. But Washington had been interested in Greenland long before Trump came along.

Russia is "watching this rather dramatic development of the situation very closely," President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson said.

The Kremlin says it’s watching with “great interest” President-elect Trump’s ambitions for the U.S. to acquire Greenland.  Trump declined to rule out using military force in his pursuit of

Pursuing our own national interest has been a priority since our nation’s founding. President Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase. Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams secured Florida. John Tyler annexed Texas. James Polk negotiated boundaries for Oregon and acquired California.

Klein: Right. A big part of everything right now is Trump persuading his own people, the demoralized and dispirited Democratic opposition and the rest of the world that he is strong. That he is coming in with momentum. That they are doing a lot all at once. And whether or not you see anything changing, the vibe will be that things are changing.

The United States of America should purchase Greenland for reasons of "international security," specifically referring to threats from Russia and China, states US President Donald Trump, according to Politico.

Taking Greenland through force or coercion would not just be a bad deal for the United States—it could become a legacy-defining unforced error for the Trump administration.