So I read this and it’s only 1 article in a Trump friendly paper but… it seems like Greenland needs some freedom, not necessarily kinetically delivered.

https://nypost.com/2026/01/16/world-news/greenlanders-speak-out-against-danish-rule-they-stole-our-future/

Should we force this issue?

A new arrangement with a new independent Greenland or no more NATO?

If someone asks to buy your house and you tell them it’s not for sale, that’s the end of the conversation.

My speculation the US will negotiate a new SOFA with Denmark in Greenland similar to the agreement with the Marshall Islands, not being familiar with the social construct of Greenland, how much of the population is really tied to a Danish identity. In WW2 Denmark fell to the Wehrmacht in 6 hours and a Danish diplomat Henrik Kaufmann gave Greenland control to the Allies , since Denmark at this time was Axis control he was immediately fired since he had no permission to do this.

Is it time to fully open Keflavik, I was there when the USSR collapsed and we ended up with no mission.

5 hours ago, Sua Sponte said:

If someone asks to buy your house and you tell them it’s not for sale, that’s the end of the conversation.

Maybe if the parties involved are equal but if they are not then eminent domain / you have to do this is just the way it is.

If the state I live in says a road / utility line has to go thru for the greater good, here’s your check now move along.

Great powers, more powerful countries sometimes just make things as they want.

The difference between the US and Russia, China, etc… is the reasons why, how we treat those we make do as we want and the how we make our will done upon others, particularly in this situation. Plenty of examples where we could have done better.

Not saying we are perfect, not saying the effort to “acquire” Greenland or just change the status quo is without criticism or risk but we can’t let the other powers into the Arctic more than they already are. This is our Golan Heights, we just have to have a greater say in what happens there. No apologies, not backing up and not going away.

Working with us is way better than not.

17 hours ago, Sua Sponte said:

If someone asks to buy your house and you tell them it’s not for sale, that’s the end of the conversation.

Lol. Childish.

You can buy the houses surrounding them and make them miserable. You can use eminent domain. You can wait for a forest fire to obliterate the neighborhood then use onerous regulations to prevent the owner from rebuilding.

Pretending like the world is a libertarian playground is why Maduro lasted in our back yard for years and China became a super power using our money.

That doesn't mean we storm the beaches of Greenland, but especially considering the Danish status quo is only possible through the grace of our military umbrella, if we want it, the question is not "is it for sale," the question is "how much."

This is the devil's bargain Europe made 30+ years ago when they outsourced their military capacity to us. Turns out the interest on that loan is a killer.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Lord Ratner

There is not a square ft on planet Earth that has not been taken from someone else by force by the current inhabitant or ancestors before. Ain’t no land belong to nobody.