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Even before he is officially inaugurated as president of the USA on January 20, Donald Trump demands that Greenland be added to the USA. The icy country in the Far North is not usually in the headlines, but is now a topic of conversation everywhere. What does Trump want from the largest island in the world and why has it been part of Denmark for centuries?

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Even before he is officially inaugurated as president of the USA on January 20, Donald Trump demands that Greenland be added to the USA. The icy country in the Far North is not usually in the headlines, but is now a topic of conversation everywhere. What does Trump want from the largest island in the world and why has it been part of Denmark for centuries?

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