The sparsely-populated Arctic territory is mineral-rich, and the U.S.'s Pituffik Space Base on the northwest of the island is key for detecting any long-range missiles bound for the U.S. mainland. Danish and Greenlandic officials have repeatedly hit back at U.S. overtures toward the territory.

Katie Miller posted a Greenland map with a US flag and 'SOON' after the January 2026 US military operation in Venezuela

Katie Miller, wife of Donald Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, shared the altered image after the U.S. military operation against Venezuela

Stephen Miller's wife, Katie Miller, shared an image of the United States flag flying over Greenland in the wake of the Venezuela event.