Als Vance geht nach Grönland, Trumps Landgrabungen hofft Putin Daumen nach oben

[Russian President Vladimir Putin](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/vladimir-putin) said Thursday night that he had no problem with President Donald Trump’s[ proposed land grab of the world’s largest island.](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trumps-greenland-overtures-are-scaring-confusing-residents-rcna186932)

Trump’s desire to take Greenland has “long historical roots,” Putin said Thursday at Russia’s Arctic Forum in Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic Circle. “This is an issue that concerns two specific nations and has nothing to do with us.”

In Greenland itself, a semi-autonomous territory[ owned by Denmark,](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-postpones-meeting-danish-pm-after-she-says-greenland-isn-n1044651) Vance is likely to get a chilly reception.