Trump's Greenland Gambit: A Familiar Pattern of Misdirection The US President's claim that a defense pact with Denmark and Greenland will grant Washington "permanent control" over the island nation is either breathtakingly naive or a deliberate attempt to mislead his audience.
At its core, this story is not about geopolitics or national security; it's about Trump's ego and his inability to accept reality.
Trump's fixation on Greenland began in 2019, when he suggested purchasing the island from Denmark for $20 billion – roughly equivalent to the country's annual GDP at the time.