The Strategic Folly of Trump’s Greenland Gambit: Risks to NATO and National Security

U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated insistence that America must seize control of Greenland is more than a diplomatic faux pas—it is a strategic misstep that threatens to undo decades of alliance-based security built around NATO, while endangering America's own national interests.How Does Alienating Allies Serve American Security?Greenland, a vast island with critical strategic importance in the Arctic region, remains a semiautonomous part of Denmark—a trusted NATO ally. Yet Trump has publicly threatened to acquire it “whether they like it or not,” even hinting at the use of force. This brinkmanship is not only counterproductive; it risks an unprecedented rupture within...