Foreign Policy

Russia Revels in US-European Rift Over Greenland as America Stakes Strategic Claim

By National Security Desk | January 21, 2026

Russia seizes on tensions sparked by Trump’s Greenland acquisition push, exploiting cracks in NATO and European unity while eyeing America’s Arctic assertiveness with both envy and caution.

President Donald Trump’s bold push to acquire Greenland has ignited more than just a transatlantic debate — it has laid bare the fractures weakening Western alliances and sparked a complex reaction from Moscow that blends opportunism with caution. Is the West’s Atlantic Solidarity Crumbling? The diplomatic fissures between the United States and Europe over Greenland reveal a deeper challenge to NATO unity. Once a formidable bulwark against adversaries like Russia, NATO now risks unraveling as Washington asserts its undeniable national interests. Russia’s state media gleefully spotlight this discord, casting European resistance as futile frustration against an America reclaiming its strategic...

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