Trump’s Greenland gambit is a sideshow the forces of freedom don’t need

[Kamaji]

Trump’s Greenland gambit is a sideshow the forces of freedom don’t need

By NY Post Editorial Board   
Published Jan. 14, 2026

We’re not loving President Donald Trump’s Greenland sideshow, and Wednesday’s White House talks don’t improve the plot.

After meeting with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt, Lars Rasmussen, Denmark’s foreign minister, ruefully remarked that his nation and the United States have a “fundamental disagreement” over Greenland; Motzfeldt says the same.

Hours before the sitdown, Trump again announced that our country “needs Greenland,” though every sign is that the Danes are beyond happy to let Washington add bases there, join in exploiting rare-earth deposits and pretty much anything America might need Greenland for.

Growling at the Danes won’t yield any better, and it’d be beyond nuts for Trump to actually use force — a guarantee that Democrats would win the House this fall, for starters, and maybe even gift them the Senate.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/opinion/trumps-greenland-gambit-is-a-sideshow-the-forces-of-freedom-dont-need/

[Wingnut]

Those danes sure like their tobacco. Smoking fools. Lets trade them Greenland for a carton of Winston's, a peace pipe, Nicorette and 24 dollars worth of beads..

[Kamaji]

Those danes sure like their tobacco. Smoking fools. Lets trade them Greenland for a carton of Winston's, a peace pipe, Nicorette and 24 dollars worth of beads..

Yup:

[jafo2010]

Or how about we lease Greenland for 99 years, like Great Brtiain did with Hong Kong?

That way, we get to implement a defensive strategy for us and NATO to meet everyone's needs without ruffling feather, and the Danes get back their island in 99 years.  And a clause that indicates that Greenland can have a referendum at any time in those 99 years to elect to become part of the USA as a territory.  But that will not happen.