President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.

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Though the president-elect's rhetoric is unusual, for over a century a succession of US presidents have tried to gain control of Greenland.

The US president-elect does not rule out force to take over the Danish territory – home to a US military base.

President-elect Donald Trump has cited national security concerns in suggesting the U.S. take over Greenland, but it’s unlikely to become the first new American territory since 1989.