Don’t Annex Greenland

Even the results-oriented Trump foreign policy needs to distinguish between friend and foe.

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A Royal Danish Navy vessel sails near the Royal Danish Navy frigate Niels Juel as Danish and French armed forces conduct military drills off the coast of Nuuk, Greenland, September 15, 2025.

Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

China, Russia, and Iran had to be alarmed by the display of U.S. power in Venezuela, but so did Denmark, a NATO ally of the United States.

In the aftermath of the snatch-and-grab of Nicolás Maduro, Trump spoke to The Atlantic about his other foreign policy priorities: “We do need Greenland, absolutely.”

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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