President-elect Trump again floated buying Greenland as he named PayPal co-founder Ken Howery as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Denmark on Sunday. The big picture: Trump said during his first administration that he was looking into the U.

Donald Trump has said that acquiring Greenland is necessary "for purposes of national security and freedom throughout the world."

For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” Trump

The president-elect made the remark on the same weekend he threatened to take back the Panama Canal, prompting a rebuke from Panama's president.

"Here we go again," said Malte Humpert of the Arctic Institute. "This idea remains as ludicrous as it was in 2019."

President-elect Donald Trump has had his eyes to the north recently, with comments made about making Canada the 51 st state and most recently revisiting the idea of buying Greenland. Trump mentioned the purchase of Greenland in 2019,

Donald Trump floats the idea of buying Greenland, as he did in 2019. The answer is the same: No. But is that the end of it?

Trump again having designs on Greenland comes after the President-elect suggested that the U.S. could retake control of the Panama Canal.