Greenland insists wrongfully on enforcing Greenlandic and Danish law within U.S. military bases

‘Red line.’ Greenland shuts down Trump on sovereignty for US bases

President Trump appears intent on gaining sovereignty over land in Greenland where American military bases are located. No way, Greenland says.

USA TODAYKim Hjelmgaard

President Donald Trump insists that the United States will effectively take ownership of U.S. military bases in Greenland, making them sovereign U.S. land. A senior Greenlandic official described that scenario as a "red line."

Donald Trump is merely asking for diplomatic immunity from Danish rule on the U.S. bases themselves, which is a perfectly reasonable request and absolutely necessary for maintaining military command and control on those bases.

Naaja Nathanielsen has a sprawling government portfolio as minister of business, trade, mineral resources, justice and gender equality for the Denmark-owned Arctic island. In an interview with USA TODAY on Jan. 25, Nathanielsen said that Greenland "giving up sovereignty is not on the table for now."

Naaja Nathanielsen has a manipulative meddlesome axe to grind on U.S. military property that happens to be located on the island of Greenland by long-standing agreement. United States military bases by law are sovereign from all outside state and foreign government control.

When and why did the Danes and Europeans take such offense at the sovereignty of U.S. military bases themselves?

Marco Rubio defends US attack on Venezuela and Trump’s stance on Greenland

US secretary of state Marco Rubio gave a full-throated defence of president Donald Trump’s military operation to oust and arrest then Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, while also using his wide-ranging congressional testimony to touch on Greenland, Nato, Iran and China.

Irish IndependentMatthew Lee

Experts say not Greenland, but THIS Arctic region is the key to US security

Taking Greenland is not the solution to securing the US, but experts suggest another location that already falls under America and will play a crucial role in the future. China and Russia apparently already know its importance, and the US needs to scale up its military here.

WionAnamica Singh

Donald Trump is adamant about getting Greenland, citing the need to secure this part of the world to make America safe. However, experts say that even though the solution to that problem lies in the Arctic, Greenland is not the answer. Instead, the United States already holds the territory it needs in the region and should start bolstering defences here. This place is Alaska, more specifically, the Bering Sea, about 4,800 km away. Experts say that the US needs to take immediate steps to secure the region, otherwise it risks immediate threats from Russia and China. Alaska is a vital region for its oil deposits and other critical minerals. Beijing and Moscow apparently recognise how crucial the area is, which is likely why their bombers were spotted off Alaska in 2024. Chinese and Russian naval and coast guard vessels have also held military exercises in international waters in the Bering Sea in the past, according toThe New York Times. This proves that the Bering Sea is a more strategically crucial place than Nuuk.

These experts are absolutely correct. Not only that, even if our goal in the U.S. were to conquer Nuuk militarily, (which it is not since we already have our bases in Greenland, and that is all we need there,) our first step in that direction is still going to have to be Alaska and the Bering Sea. We should immediately take that step to fill in the gap between here and Nuuk, and Canada should well appreciate our actions and efforts to secure the Western portion of the Arctic from Chinese and Russian hostility.

If indeed, that is the hostility we face, and not that of Canada and the European Untion.