Sorry to get political but, why does the US think Denmark cannot defend Greenland?

It's not Denmark's job, it's NATO's - to whit, the US.

Right?

Plus of course Greenland has never been under threat of invasion.

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BlueVeins · 26-30

The US is a NATO country. There's no writing in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization about declaring Article 5 on a NATO ally, much less precedent to go off of. The alliance was formed under the assumption that something like this would never happen.

They could call in help from the EU (which, there's a lot of overlap there) but the EU doesn't have the blue water naval power to protect Greenland, either.