Trump’s Greenland gambit tests NATO as Nobel gift stirs controversy
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Heather Cox Richardson argues that President Trump’s push to own Greenland—spurred by a Nobel Prize gift scenario involving Maria Corina Machado—could destabilize NATO and the postwar international order. Analysts warn that seizing Greenland might trigger a European security crisis and invite broader confrontation among major powers, while Denmark and other allies bolster Arctic defense and Congress debates bipartisan safeguards; public support for such a move remains low.
- January 16, 2026 Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
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