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Trump wants to take Greenland: Four ways this saga could go

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US President-elect Donald Trump has shown renewed interest in taking control of Greenland .

He first indicated an intention to buy Greenland in 2019 , during his first term as president.

But this week he went further, refusing to rule out economic or military force to take control of it.

Danish and European officials have responded negatively, saying Greenland is not for sale and its territorial integrity must be preserved.

The US receives products such as hearing aids and most of its insulin from Denmark .

Analysts say the hike in prices that would result from these measures would not find favour with the US public.

Any use of military force by Washington would create an international incident.

Dr Gad says Trump sounds like Chinese President Xi Jinping talking about Taiwan .

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