[wardaddy]

I would like to see Europe or Denmark agree to USA military dominance or responsibility over Greenland and a lions share of resource exploitation
It simply makes sense in many ways and it’s a big pie for everyone including the inhabitants
And I’m a 95% Trump guy and have been forever

But I can’t disagree with your appraisal

It doesn’t look like a win

Nobody outside nuts ever believed Trump would send our forces to take Greenland forcibly from people who are historically allies in many ways

Lots of kabuki and in the end just asking for it

I suppose there are a lot of negotiations going on about what price is enough and how to structure something that everyone saves face

But the bluster doesn’t seem to have worked this time

I could be wrong

[nathanbedford]

Now is the time for Trump to claim all of the prerogatives that have always been available to him under the existing treaty that afford America the broadest possible scope of action in Greenland.

Equally, this is the time for Denmark, and NATO generally, to accommodate every build-out the US wants to make in Greenland for the defense of the United States, Canada, Denmark and the rest of NATO. In other words, give Trump what he wants, short of ownership, which he was always entitled to, thus permitting Trump to save face, even as we Freepers always believed it could and would be resolved.

Let's give Trump space to actually live up to his promise made in this speech promising he would be there and the US would be there to defend the nations of NATO when needed. We might yet be able to celebrate this fiasco as a win-win for America and Europe and for the survival of NATO.