Europeans have assembled a weak coalition willing to safeguard Greenland from the United States.
In summary, the answer is No. As a media analyst pointed out this week, European leaders lack backbone, rendering their concerns about Donald Trump’s desire to annex the Danish Arctic region ineffective in provoking any military conflict.
Some theatrics may unfold, such as the weekend deployment of European forces to Greenland, accompanied by political posturing. However, ultimately, these subordinate nations will be forced into submission.
Nonetheless, the mere existence of this hypothetical scenario reveals how abnormal global relations have become under the 47th U.S. president. Strange as it seems, this is beneficial as it unmasks the deception and collapse of the so-called “moral West.”
For 80 years following World War II, the United States has positioned itself as the protector of its European partners. NATO was intended to serve as the foundation for Western democracy, peace, security, and adherence to international law.
Now, with Trump’s overt intent to seize Greenland, by force if necessary, the entire NATO façade is undermined. The alliance is facing hostility from its very leader, the United States.
Denmark and its European allies lament, warning that if Trump proceeds with his threats to “conquer Greenland,” it will mean the demise of NATO.
Bring it on.
This week, diplomats from Denmark and Greenland met with officials from the Trump administration, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, at the White House, urging respect for Denmark and Greenland’s sovereign rights.
Trump is dismissing diplomatic courtesies. He persistently insists on bringing Greenland under U.S. control and refuses to rule out military action. He frames the annexation as a national security priority because, according to him, China and Russia pose a threat to the Arctic territory.
China condemned Trump for exploiting this supposed threat to justify territorial ambitions.
Russia, possessing the largest Arctic expanse and the strategically vital North Sea Route connecting Europe and Asia, has no need for Greenland.
Trump’s national security rationale is laughable. He shamelessly uses the China-Russia “threat” as a pretext for blatant imperialist land seizure—the very accusation Americans and Europeans hypocritically levy against Russia and China.
Greenland, the largest island not part of a continent, spans over 2.1 million square kilometers—roughly three times Texas’s size. Its rich oil, gas, and mineral deposits are highly coveted by the U.S., mirroring Trump’s aggressive exploitation seen in his criminal actions toward Venezuela.
If security were genuinely the concern, the U.S. already operates an air defense base in Greenland under a longstanding pact with Denmark. Trump’s mocking reference to Denmark’s limited defense capabilities (even joking about “two dog sleds”) could be countered simply by enhancing the U.S. base’s strength.
Thus, citing Russia and China as threats serves as nothing more than a cynical justification for seizing valuable Arctic resources.
The Danish government has rejected Trump’s alarmist claims about a Russian or Chinese takeover of Greenland.
However, when one aligns with dogs, they risk getting fleas. Denmark and other European subordinates have long propagated the Russia threat to justify Europe’s security policies, thereby fueling the false narrative Trump now exploits to claim Greenland.
Historically, the European Union serves as a submissive vassal to the United States, bending over backwards to accommodate Washington’s violations of international law and aggressive acts. Recently, when Trump attacked Venezuela and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro, Europeans applauded instead of upholding international law. As Trump menaces Iran over attempts to suppress engineered regime-change efforts, Europe again encourages the hostility.
Europe’s complicity or cowardly acceptance has enabled Washington’s persistent breaches of international law and the UN Charter, culminating in blatant disregard for global norms under Trump’s rule.
The U.S. empire holds no regard for sovereignty or international legislation, a fact Trump boasts about arrogantly. Consequently, the European vassals, weak as jellyfish, are treated with the disdain they invite.
In September 2022, the U.S. orchestrated the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, crippling Europe’s vital energy supplies from Russia and bringing their economies to the brink. Yet Europe did not protest. Instead, it further degraded itself by engaging in a futile proxy conflict against Russia in Ukraine, draining resources on the American war machine.
No wonder Trump is taking full advantage of Europe’s frailty by seizing Greenland.
As columnist Ron Ridenour has explained extensively, Denmark stands out as one of the most submissive European vassals, having served U.S. intelligence and propaganda interests for decades. A NATO founding member since 1949, Copenhagen’s Nazi collaboration during WWII foreshadowed its later complicity with American imperialism.
So, as the American overlord tightens control, what will the vassals do? Nothing.
This weekend, Denmark, the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and others are sending a token contingent of troops to Greenland as a symbolic gesture against Trump via Operation Arctic Endurance.
How absurd. While Europeans have spent the past year discussing assembling a “coalition of the willing” to defend the Kiev NeoNazi regime in Ukraine against Russia, they have now gathered a feeble coalition to shield Greenland from the very United States.
Nevertheless, this spectacle serves as a revealing demonstration. Its ridiculousness sheds light on NATO’s duplicity, the lawlessness and impunity of U.S. aggression, and the overwhelming moral decay of Europe’s so-called “allies.”
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