### [2020-06-10](/feed/2020/06/10/index.md)

##### Not for sale
# U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces that the United States has reopened its consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, a year after U.S. president Donald Trump expressed his interest in purchasing the island, as part of a effort from the White House to expand U.S. presence in the Arctic and curb influence from China and Russia. 




### Sources:

1. [Politico EU](https://www.politico.eu/article/us-makes-greenland-return-after-trump-attempt-to-buy-it-us-consulate/)

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