While Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, and other EU nations bordering or close to Russian or Belarusian territory have been ramping up their defenses in the wake of Russian drone and aircraft incursions into EU airspace, Denmark has not been idle.

The Danish government has just announced an additional $4.2 billion of defense spending to increase security in the Arctic and North Atlantic regions — including its autonomous territories of Greenland and the Faroe Islands. It will also be spending $4.5 billion on the purchase of 16 more F-35 fighter jets from the United States. According to Denmark’s Defense Minister, Troels Lund Poulsen:

“With this … agreement we significantly strengthen the capabilities of the Danish Armed Forces in the region.” [Stuart Lau and Danny Aeberhard, BBC, October 10, 2025.]

And Danish Chief of Defense Michael Hyldgaard issued a statement, saying, without naming a specific adversary:

“The task of the Armed Forces is to ensure security throughout the Kingdom — and, if necessary, to defend Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Denmark within the framework of Nato [sic] in all domains.” [Id.]

Both Greenland and the Faroe Islands are autonomous territories of the Kingdom of Denmark, and as such were included in Denmark’s negotiations for the new defense package. In addition to the purchase of new Arctic ships, maritime patrol planes, drones and early warning radar, a new Arctic command headquarters will be set up in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, along with a new military unit under Joint Arctic Command. There will also be funding for an undersea cable connecting Greenland and Denmark. [Id.]

But the government and the people of Denmark and Greenland are currently faced with another critical issue besides the obvious concerns about a possible Russian incursion. Because of its strategic position between the North American continent and Europe (including Russia’s Arctic regions), Donald Trump has made no secret of the fact that he wants to take possession of Greenland as a territory of the United States . . . despite the Greenlanders’ having made it quite clear that they want no part of a change of allegiance.

Trump has said the island is crucial to U.S. efforts to track Chinese and Russian ships, which he describes as being “all over the place.” He pleads that Greenland is “critical” for America’s national and economic security. [Id.]

And no doubt it has not escaped Trump’s notice that the large island (836,330 square miles) is rich in natural resources, including rare earth minerals, uranium and iron.

Not surprisingly, Greenland’s prime minister has said that the territory is not for sale, and that “Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland.” [Id.]

But Donald Trump never gives up when he wants something badly enough, because he honestly believes that no one has the right to say “no” to him . . . about anything. And he never signs off on a deal that isn’t in some way beneficial to him.

I wonder whether any of his sycophantic advisors has had the cojones to ask him what he would say if, for example, Vladimir Putin were suddenly to propose taking back Alaska because of its strategic position abutting Russia’s east coast . . . not to mention its oil, minerals, timber, wildlife . . .

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
10/12/25