Why has Trump offered to buy Greenland?

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Donald Trump has confirmed he is interested in buying Greenland, saying it would be “essentially a large real estate deal”.

Asked about reports that he was exploring the purchase of the 850,000 square mile island from Denmark, the US president said he was “looking at it” as “strategically for the US it would be nice”.

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