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

@Lostwithielle Meh, you're not really asking an open ended question here.

Your real question is why this is happening, not why does the US think Denmark can't defend Greenland.

@Lostwithielle It is for defense purposes. You may not agree, but that is Trump's position. He believes we are vulnerable to spying and attacks by Russia or China through the north pole. He specifically wants it for its value in building a missile defense system, and for it being in a critical area that must be protected by the US military, not NATO.

@SumKindaMunster But from what I’ve heard, the US has carte blanche to massively expand its military presence there now. And as I understand, there are several unmanned US bases there already.

@Lostwithielle Yup, that's what the MSM, Democrats and some European leaders claim.

I'm not saying Trump is 100% correct here. However, I am not taking the word of the same people who lie, scream and stomp their feet anytime Trump says or does something.

Wouldn't it be interesting if Trump's whole thing was to get NATO to add military to Greenland? And this was the way he did it?

@SumKindaMunster from what I can gather, that has now happened, to the delight of Denmark which is only too happy to have help defending Greenland. But let’s be honest here. Greenland has never been at serious risk of invasion.

@Lostwithielle You don't know that. Why do you dismiss the security concerns of the President of the United States? Cuz you don't like him?