Greenland to become part of United States ‘soon’, Donald Trump insider suggests, spurring online speculation

After the brazen US attack on Venezuela, which saw a president captured and taken to New York to face criminal charges, murmurs are growing that Greenland is next on President Donald Trump’s hit list.

On Saturday, Mr Trump directed the attack on Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, successfully capturing the country’s President, Nicolas Maduro. The US President justified the US attack and regime change in Venezuela by citing national security, narco-terrorism and oil.

Now that Maduro has been removed from power, Mr Trump says the US will run Venezuela.

Shortly after the attack, Katie Miller, an America First media personality and wife of Mr Trump’s deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, posted an image online that has many speculating the US will soon move in on another location: Greenland.

Miller posted a map of Greenland, which was painted with a US flag.

Accompanying the image was just one word: “SOON”.

Responding to Miller’s social media post, many said Greenland did not want to be a part of the US. Others, many with MAGA references on their social media pages, said it needed to happen for US national security.

Greenlandic citizen Orla Joelsen wrote: “Shame on you. I hope you are left with a bitter taste in your mouth.”

“This will not happen. The United States has long been regarded as an ally — but America’s reputation is in free fall when American citizens like you express this kind of mindset.”

Others suggested that the US did not have justification to make a move on Greenland, accepting that there was at least just cause in Venezuela.

One person wrote: “(The) Venezuela narrative was straightforward. Drugs. Cartel. Dictator.”

“There is no narrative against Greenland. I doubt this will ever happen. Besides, they are part of Denmark, NATO member.”

However, Mr Trump, who in the past has vented his dislike for NATO, has detailed reasons that he could use to justify a US acquisition of Greenland.

In 2025, after appointing Secretary of State Marco Rubio as special envoy to Greenland, the US President said: “We need Greenland for national security.”

Mr Trump said the US did not need Greenland for resources, saying the US “have so many sites for minerals and oil”.

“If you take a look at Greenland, you look up and down the coast, you have Russian and Chinese ships all over the place,”

The US relationship with China and Russia remain complex, despite Mr Trump’s recent diplomatic endeavours with the two nations.

Over 2025, Mr Trump met with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping.

With Mr Putin, Mr Trump struggled to bring an promised end to the Ukraine-Russia war. With Mr Xi, Mr Trump managed to bring calm to an economic trade and tariff war, however, disagreements over China’s claims of sovereignty over Taiwan remain.

China and Russia were quick to denounce the US attack on Venezuela, something that could continue to create tensions as the US sets off on its mission to run Venezuela, profit from oil and protect US national security.