U.S. economy,” Barker said. “If the only value of Greenland was minerals, then the size of the U.S. economy wouldn’t have much effect on the price.”

The Financial Times suggested that Greenland’s resources justified a valuation of $1.1 trillion, but Barker said the tongue-in-cheek estimate made a dubious assumption. “The U.S. government would not receive the full benefit of resource extraction,” he said. “It would sell drilling and mining rights to companies whose bids would leave room for their own costs and profits.”

Don’t forget other points of leverage. Trump said this week that he could not rule out using military force or tariffs. Denmark’s economy has soared in recent years because of pharmaceutical exports like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Ozempic, which are largely exported to the United States.

“These have been important to recent Danish economic growth,” Swann said, giving Trump an advantage.

There is one thing everyone seems to agree on. Buying Greenland “would be the deal of the century,” Barker said.

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