Greenland: How about this for a solution?

[mystery-ak]

Greenland: How about this for a solution?

It doesn’t have to be straight-up American ownership to satisfy Trump’s aims.

Howard J. Warner | January 20, 2026

President Trump is correct to want to exercise control over Greenland, but his methodology is problematic.  The present situation is unworkable since we are forced to spend money and risk our personnel with little benefit to us during the immediate period.

Ownership is not the only solution to this conundrum.  There are several possible methods to fulfill the requirements that Trump seeks.

One proposal would be modeled after the arrangement Great Britain had with China for Hong Kong, in which the former had a 99-year lease for the territory.  There are many variations on this theme.  Mineral resources secured could be used to pay the lease.  The lease could have an option for renewal, and there could be negotiations about the renewal.  Military bases could be included in the lease arrangement with the choice for their use in a protective missile dome battery.

A second option would include a purchase of a portion of the largest geological island in the hemisphere.  Rather than gaining the entire landmass, significant areas might be more reasonable.  The population is not interested in USA ownership, so this would be unpopular.  Further, the citizenry is used to social services that are not part of the American practice.  So the population of Greenland would remain independent of the USA, but the vast territory would be ours.

There could be a joint ownership of the land by Denmark and USA with delineated responsibilities and obligations.  A power-sharing situation would strengthen the relationship between the two countries.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/greenland_how_about_this_for_a_solution.html

[The_Reader_David]

Yes, there are lots of reasonable ways that could easily have already been negotiated had a US President, desiring to keep hostile powers from having access to Greenland's resources, secure access to Greenland's resources for the US, and station a larger American military presence there for the defense of the United States and of US interests in the Arctic, had a temperament unlike Donald Trump's.  Instead his "negotiating" style has alienated everyone else involved:  the Danes, the Greenlanders, the EU, every member of NATO other than the US, and made it likely that even sensible and salutary proposals will now be opposed.

I think Trump is in some ways more maddening to those of us on the Right than he is to the Left:  has a keen sense of things we on the Right agree are problems facing the US, but instead of talking with a variety of experts, then picking a course of action likely to succeed, he proposes (or if possible imposes) a "solution" he pulled out of his a**, that creates many new problems, even when it solves the one he intended (and often it doesn't even do that).

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

How about Trump shut his big fat pie hole on the whole subject? How's that for a solution?

[Right_in_Virginia]

How about Trump shut his big fat pie hole on the whole subject? How's that for a solution?

How much are they paying you?

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

How much are they paying you?

Aren't you the "liberators and heros" person?

[Right_in_Virginia]

I think Trump ... has a keen sense of things we on the Right agree are problems facing the US, but instead of talking with a variety of experts, ....

Are you unaware that the "variety of experts" are the authors of the problems facing the US?   Methinks what really upsets you is the President does listen to your "experts" ---  but doesn't obey.

[Right_in_Virginia]

https://twitter.com/atensnut/status/2013647755818815868

[Kamaji]

How much are they paying you?

I’ll wager a whole lot less than they’re paying Trump.

[jmyrlefuller]

How much are they ___ paying you?

Oh, remember when I accused you of being a paid shill and you got all uptight? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Besides... if Denmark won't sell to us, what makes you think they'll sell to them?

[Right_in_Virginia]

http://Https://twitter.com/mitchellvii/status/2013642637400588536

[jmyrlefuller]

http://Https://twitter.com/mitchellvii/status/2013642637400588536

Straight from Greenland? Sure, more like straight from Brendan Dilley's laptop, like every other forged Trumpland AI video.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Mike Netter
@nettermike

People mocking the idea of the U.S. buying Greenland don’t know history.

1867 – Andrew Johnson: explored buying Greenland & Iceland (right after Alaska).
WWII – FDR: U.S. took over Greenland’s defense while Denmark was occupied.
1946 – Truman: offered $100M in gold to buy it.
Cold War – Eisenhower → Kennedy: nonstop negotiations for bases, radar, missiles.
Post–Cold War – Clinton/Bush/Obama: expanded Arctic security & missile defense.
2019 – Trump: said publicly what presidents discussed privately for 150+ years.

The U.S. didn’t “suddenly” want Greenland.
It’s been defending it, negotiating it, and embedding there since the 1800s.

Greenland = Arctic power, shipping lanes, missiles, minerals.
Trump didn’t invent it.
He said the quiet part out loud.



10:35 PM · Jan 19, 2026

https://x.com/nettermike/status/2013455319201128884

[Right_in_Virginia]

https://x.com/catturd2/status/2013518987003306462

[The_Reader_David]

Are you unaware that the "variety of experts" are the authors of the problems facing the US?   Methinks what really upsets you is the President does listen to your "experts" ---  but doesn't obey.

Experts on foreign policy are not necessarily the ones from Foggy Bottom.  Not announcing "we need Greenland", asking to buy Greenland, threatening a NATO ally with force, but instead, doing from the beginning what any level-headed person with a good knowledge of foreign affairs would have suggested -- quietly approaching the Greenland independence movement with an offer of a Compact of Free Association with the US, giving us veto over hostile powers accessing anything in Greenland, right of first refusal on all mineral exploitaition and larger military bases, in exchange for giving them more development aid than the Danes given them and all the goodies citizens of CFA nations get (the right to apply for NSF grants, visa-free travel,...) -- would have given us control for all purposes for which we need it come the Greenlandic elections in March, and Greenland with a cheerfully pro-American citizenry.  Trump's expert-free approach won't, even if he manages to get it, he will not get the cooperation of the citizenry.

As President, you shouldn't ask experts what to do, you ask them how to do what you believe the country needs, and the experts should always include a contrarian "red team" to be sure you are getting a range of options, then you should pick a course of action.  That's what's most maddening about Trump, not what he wants to do, but that, because he not only thinks he's the smartest man in the room (which is likely often true) he thinks that he knows everything that matters about every area of policy (which he plainly doesn't), his "solutions" to problems often aren't, and even when they are, create what are foreseeable new problems.

[berdie]

Experts on foreign policy are not necessarily the ones from Foggy Bottom.  Not announcing "we need Greenland", asking to buy Greenland, threatening a NATO ally with force, but instead, doing from the beginning what any level-headed person with a good knowledge of foreign affairs would have suggested -- quietly approaching the Greenland independence movement with an offer of a Compact of Free Association with the US, giving us veto over hostile powers accessing anything in Greenland, right of first refusal on all mineral exploitaition and larger military bases, in exchange for giving them more development aid than the Danes given them and all the goodies citizens of CFA nations get (the right to apply for NSF grants, visa-free travel,...) -- would have given us control for all purposes for which we need it come the Greenlandic elections in March, and Greenland with a cheerfully pro-American citizenry.  Trump's expert-free approach won't, even if he manages to get it, he will not get the cooperation of the citizenry.

As President, you shouldn't ask experts what to do, you ask them how to do what you believe the country needs, and the experts should always include a contrarian "red team" to be sure you are getting a range of options, then you should pick a course of action.  That's what's most maddening about Trump, not what he wants to do, but that, because he not only thinks he's the smartest man in the room (which is likely often true) he thinks that he knows everything that matters about every area of policy (which he plainly doesn't), his "solutions" to problems often aren't, and even when they are, create what are foreseeable new problems.

Great post!!

[Kamaji]

Experts on foreign policy are not necessarily the ones from Foggy Bottom.  Not announcing "we need Greenland", asking to buy Greenland, threatening a NATO ally with force, but instead, doing from the beginning what any level-headed person with a good knowledge of foreign affairs would have suggested -- quietly approaching the Greenland independence movement with an offer of a Compact of Free Association with the US, giving us veto over hostile powers accessing anything in Greenland, right of first refusal on all mineral exploitaition and larger military bases, in exchange for giving them more development aid than the Danes given them and all the goodies citizens of CFA nations get (the right to apply for NSF grants, visa-free travel,...) -- would have given us control for all purposes for which we need it come the Greenlandic elections in March, and Greenland with a cheerfully pro-American citizenry.  Trump's expert-free approach won't, even if he manages to get it, he will not get the cooperation of the citizenry.

As President, you shouldn't ask experts what to do, you ask them how to do what you believe the country needs, and the experts should always include a contrarian "red team" to be sure you are getting a range of options, then you should pick a course of action.  That's what's most maddening about Trump, not what he wants to do, but that, because he not only thinks he's the smartest man in the room (which is likely often true) he thinks that he knows everything that matters about every area of policy (which he plainly doesn't), his "solutions" to problems often aren't, and even when they are, create what are foreseeable new problems.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Trump's expert-free approach won't, even if he manages to get it, he will not get the cooperation of the citizenry.

I see you're unfamiliar with the President's style and approach @The_Reader_David ... The President is always collecting advice, opinions, "best case scenarios" from experts and novices alike.  This is how he puts together his deals, and he's always dealing.  It might help you to remember he knows a helluva lot more about a subject and the nuances than do you ---- and the odds are with him reaching his goal.

Remember also Trump collects the advice, opinions, "best case scenarios" AND remains the decision maker --- it's called leadership and that has been sorely missing for decades.  Leadership is how things FINALLY get done.

Relax. 

[Right_in_Virginia]

Besides... if Denmark won't sell to us, what makes you think they'll sell to them?

What makes you think Xi and/or Putin would look to *buy* Greenland? @jmyrlefuller

[BobfromWB]

How about everyone learning something about Greenland itself, its history, its people before posting comments that are silly or just not germane to any deeper US involvement in the island?

But what is Greenland really like? How do people manage? Who lives there exactly? Where does the food come from? How cold is it? What is its history? Learn all of that and much more from the very informative video below:

Why Greenland Is So Empty (It’s Not the Cold), 29 min

https://youtu.be/LKhw8cZfTeQ