Greenland fever is spiking again in Washington, DC — and the reckless rhetoric is alarming America’s allies.

President Donald Trump and senior aides have repeatedly stated that the United States “needs” Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, for “national security” reasons, at times even refusing to rule out deploying military force to seize it.

Trump is right to highlight Greenland’s strategic importance to America’s security.

The island’s location gives it a vital role in the defense of the North American continent from airborne threats, which is why the Pentagon has maintained a military presence there since World War II.

Trouble is, Greenland’s not for sale, and at least for now most Americans don’t want to take it — nor do Greenlanders want to join the United States.

Even by Trump’s unorthodox standards, the idea of using US military force against territory belonging to a fellow NATO ally

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