President Trump’s contention that Greenland is vital to the national security of the United States is unassailable. With the continuing – beneficial – natural warming of our planet over future decades, and our increasing reliance on missile and space-based defense, the requirement of controlling Greenland for our national defense and other critical interests cannot be overstated.

In response to this clear national priority within our own hemisphere – which, in turn, would benefit and protect the entire West, the security of which has been guaranteed virtually entirely by the United States since 1945 – the Danish and other Western European governments recently have proclaimed inviolate “red lines” purportedly to protect the “territorial integrity” of the Kingdom of Denmark. This reflexive and prideful response – based on anachronistic historical events with little or no relevance to today’s world – is unacceptable. Unless and until Western Europe is prepared to guarantee its own security – which, of course, today cannot even be imagined – the priority of its governments must be to ensure the strength of NATO and the resulting collective security of its members. Under current and foreseeable circumstances, this requires that the United States must own and thereby fully and forever control Greenland.

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