Everybody has a price. Never has a President suggested use of force. Grok - Greenland has never been sold in the sense of a formal transaction where sovereignty was transferred for payment. However, there have been several historical attempts by the United States to purchase Greenland from Denmark: - **1867**: William H. Seward, then U.S. Secretary of State, considered buying Greenland alongside Iceland but did not pursue it after the Alaska purchase met with significant criticism. - **1910**: There were informal discussions, but no formal offer was made. - **1946**: Under President Harry Truman's administration, the U.S. offered Denmark $100 million in gold for Greenland. This offer was made secretly but was rejected by Denmark. This attempt was only widely revealed in 1991 when declassified documents were discovered.[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_the_United_States_to_purchase_Greenland)[](https://apnews.com/article/9d4a8021c3650800fdf6dd5903f68972) - **2019**: President Donald Trump publicly expressed interest in buying Greenland from Denmark, suggesting it was "essentially a large real estate deal." This idea was met with rejection from both Greenland and Denmark, with the Danish Prime Minister calling it "absurd."[](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/17/why-denmark-wont-sell-off-greenland/)[](https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5251168/trump-greenland) - **2024**: Following Trump's re-election, he again mentioned the idea of U.S. ownership and control over Greenland for national security reasons, but there has been no indication of Greenland or Denmark agreeing to such a sale.[](https://visitgreenland.com/american-interest-in-greenland/)[](https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/01/07/heres-when-the-us-acquired-its-territories-and-how-much-they-cost-as-trump-renews-calls-to-take-over-greenland/) Despite these attempts, Greenland remains an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, and its political status has evolved over time toward greater self-governance, though not full independence. The sentiment from Greenlandic leaders has consistently been that Greenland is not for sale and belongs to its people.[](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/greenland-is-not-sale-its-leader-says-response-trump-2024-12-23/)[]( ) Therefore, while there have been proposals and discussions about selling Greenland, no transaction has ever come to fruition where Greenland was sold to another entity.