Trump’s stance is less about territorial ambitions and more about pushing Europe to take responsibility for key regions threatened by Russian and Chinese expansion.
Talk about the “sovereignty” of “Europe’s borders” rings hollow when Brussels regularly bullies the member states that defend the bloc’s external borders.
The brutal treatment of the Inuit by the Danes legitimizes any desire for Greenland’s independence or annexation to another state. This is what Europeans fear—and why they take Trump’s comments seriously.
