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The United States' interests in Greenland, including potential military or economic involvement.
Germany has publicly discussed and begun planning a stepped-up NATO role in Greenland and the Arctic, and German naval activity tied to NATO patrols in northern waters has been reported — but definiti...
Pituffik Space Base — long known as Thule Air Base — is the United States’ sole remaining military installation in Greenland, maintained under a 1951 defence agreement with Denmark and operated as a S...
Reporting is mixed: several outlets initially listed Canada among NATO partners sending personnel to Denmark’s Greenland exercise, Operation Arctic Endurance, but official Canadian defence spokespeopl...
Only one NATO member — Germany — has publicly announced a specific, finalized small contingent and a narrow timeline for deployment to Greenland: a 13-strong Bundeswehr reconnaissance team to Nuuk, ar...
Greenlanders overwhelmingly reject becoming part of the United States and their government has publicly stated it “cannot under any circumstances accept” a U.S. takeover, instead affirming membership ...
The principal legal framework governing U.S. military presence in Greenland is the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark, negotiated at NATO’s reques...
The United States does not own Greenland; the island is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark and remains under Danish sovereignty . Recent rhetoric from the Trump White House seeking ...
European NATO members have begun moving military personnel and assets to Greenland in the wake of provocative U.S. rhetoric about acquiring the territory, with Germany confirming a 13-strong reconnais...
No—under current treaties and political realities the EU would not simply “seize” American military bases in Europe if Donald Trump ordered a takeover of Greenland; Europe’s options are constrained to...
The United States could physically attempt to seize Greenland, but doing so would be legally fraught, politically catastrophic, and militarily complex — and most analysts and officials cited in report...
A lawful U.S. acquisition of Greenland would require free, informed consent and multiple legal steps: a non-coercive international agreement (cession) involving Denmark and the people of Greenland, or...
Multiple recent polls show Greenlanders overwhelmingly oppose becoming part of the United States while many Americans likewise reject U.S. annexation or the use of force to acquire Greenland; specific...
The United States would need Denmark’s and very likely Greenlanders’ explicit consent, plus adherence to international law and U.S. constitutional processes — primarily a treaty approved by two‑thirds...
President Trump’s pursuit of Greenland is driven publicly by national-security arguments about Arctic competition with China and Russia and privately by economic and resource ambitions—rare-earths and...
The prospect of a successful U.S. seizure or outright annexation of Greenland under President Trump is legally and politically implausible but not impossible as a short-term coercive gambit: the admin...
Greenland is not comfortable with the idea of the United States taking it over: Greenland’s government has explicitly rejected any U.S. takeover and public polling shows overwhelming opposition among ...
NATO is not currently collapsing: no member state has formally rescinded membership as of 2026, and Article 13 provides a clear legal exit process . However, intense political shocks — most recently p...
The United States is not on the verge of a classic military seizure of Greenland, but the White House has privately and publicly discussed a spectrum of aggressive options—including purchase, induceme...
Pursuit of Greenland by the United States — whether through purchase, political pressure, or the threatened use of military force — would not immediately endanger existing U.S. facilities like Pituffi...
A U.S. attempt to annex or occupy Greenland would collide with established international law prohibiting acquisition of territory by force, a norm enshrined in the UN Charter and reinforced by post‑Wo...