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The Trump administration’s transactional approach weakened NATO unity and allowed China and Russia to increase their Arctic influence, experts say.
- Jan 15 Reuters reported that President Donald Trump revived a push to acquire Greenland, a territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, after returning to the White House amid unresolved high-level meetings in Washington, D.C.
- Officials cited resource and supply-chain concerns, with Ambassador Matthew Whitaker arguing Greenland aids missile interception and sea-passage monitoring, while President Trump called ownership psychologically needed.
- Following the rebuke, the U.S. cancelled a state visit after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland's Jens-Frederik Nielsen insisted the island was not for sale.
- NATO officials said the dispute raised anxiety about military capacity, while Denmark warned any U.S. action against Greenland could end NATO and trigger Article 5 concerns.
- China and Russia have increased their Arctic presence through investment and naval activity, while Greenland's critical minerals face extraction limits from ice cover and past drilling, and European leaders rallied to support Denmark.
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It’s Time To Get Creative With Greenland
Recent remarks by the Trump administration about Greenland have sparked a crisis with America’s NATO allies. And, of course, European states have exasperated Trump, and many conservatives, with their demands for indefinite U.S. support of Ukraine in its stalemated conflict with Russia. It’s time to get creative. A grand bargain could solve both problems together, with NATO members helping secure American interests in our hemisphere, in exchange …
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