Trump's Greenland takeover would likely entail enormous price tag: report

The estimate, reported by NBC News, was said to have been calculated by scholars and former U.S. officials involved in early planning discussions surrounding Trump’s interest in acquiring the 800,000-square-mile island as a strategic buffer in the Arctic against adversaries such as Russia and China. The president added that "anything less" than U.S. control of Greenland is "unacceptable" and argued that the Arctic territory is vital to American defense interests, including the "Golden Dome" missile defense system in development. France, Germany, Sweden and Norway are participating in the exercise, Fox News said, with leaders saying the mission is intended to demonstrate NATO’s ability to deploy military assets quickly in the Arctic.