Search

Home > 1A > Trump, Greenland, And The Future Of The Arctic
Podcast: 1A
Episode:

Trump, Greenland, And The Future Of The Arctic

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:29:32
Publish Date: 2026-01-14 23:33:07
Description: The Trump administration’s recent evisceration of Venezuela’s government has leaders in Washington wondering where else they can meddle. And President Donald Trump’s eyes have wandered back to a familiar target: Greenland.

Trump has said he wants to buy the island or control it. Now, he could look to follow through on that threat.

This renewed focus caused Denmark and Greenland to send their foreign ministers to Washington D.C. on Wednesday for a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance.

What could a takeover of Greenland mean for its people, NATO, and the U.S.? And what’s in store for the future of the Arctic as it continues to warm faster than anywhere else in the world?

Find more of our programs online. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy
Total Play: 0

Some more Podcasts by NPR

3K+ Episodes
NPR News Now 20+     300+
1K+ Episodes
Up First     80+
200+ Episodes
Embedded    
200+ Episodes
100+ Episodes
Invisibilia     4
200+ Episodes
40+ Episodes
Believed    
100+ Episodes
StoryCorps     3