United States President Donald Trump has reportedly ordered the heads of special forces to develop a plan for an invasion of Greenland. However, this initiative is facing strong resistance from top military officials, who believe that such a move would be illegal and would not be supported by the US Congress, would lead to the dissolution of NATO, and if European countries declare war on the US, American troops in Europe would be considered prisoners of war.
What exactly was requested and why it is causing reactions
Trump has reportedly ordered the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to prepare a detailed plan for an invasion of Greenland – an autonomous Danish territory of strategic importance in the Arctic Circle, which already has a US military presence under 1951 agreements.
However, top military commanders are strongly opposed, arguing that a military attack would be illegal and would not have legal cover or approval from the US Congress. This opposition has sparked heated debate within the military hierarchy.
Political and geopolitical implications
Supporters of the proposed initiative around Trump, led by political adviser Steven Miller, believe that the conquest of Greenland should take place before possible moves by Russia or China in the region, especially after the success of the recent US military operation in Venezuela.
Reactions from international leaders and Greenland
Greenland and Danish political leaders have clearly rejected the prospect of external intervention, stressing that the decision on the island’s future should be made by its inhabitants and the Kingdom of Denmark. Furthermore, the idea of military action has raised concerns about the cohesion of NATO, as such an attack on a member of the alliance would seriously jeopardize the collective defense system itself.
What does all this mean for the future
While there is currently no official confirmation from the White House or the US Pentagon that such a plan will be implemented, the revelation that at least an invasion plan has been requested has caused international tensions, threats of a crisis in NATO and concerns about a new form of geopolitical confrontation in the Arctic.
The report that Donald Trump ordered the development of a plan to invade Greenland shows deep rifts between the executive branch, the armed forces, and international allies, while raising serious legal, strategic, and political questions about US foreign policy.
Canada the next US state after Greenland
The US President has decided that in order for the US to compete geoeconomically with China and Russia, apart from all other areas of competition (innovative technology, conquest of space, etc.), the US must also develop geographically. Geographical expansion means geoeconomic dominance. For this reason, the “light” application of the Monroe Doctrine that has been applied by the US in the American continent until today is not enough to compete with the other two nuclear powers on the planet. The conquest of Greenland presents a more likely scenario for it to be conquered by the US in the same way that Hawaii was conquered two centuries ago.
The conquest of Greenland by any means is the first leg of the implementation of the new Trump doctrine. The second leg of this Trump doctrine is the geographical and geo-economic “suffocation” of Canada. When Greenland officially becomes the new 51st state of the USA, Canada will be geographically surrounded by the states of the USA (Alaska, mainland USA, Greenland) and the Arctic. Canada’s only unimpeded sea route with the rest of the world will be through the Pacific Ocean. Canada will have turned into a “Finlandization” regime that Finland had with the USSR during the Cold War. Militarily it will be unable to receive assistance from the EU and the UK. Necessarily, it will become the 52nd state of the USA.
There is a problem, that the liberation of the USA from the British Empire was achieved after an agreement of the then British Crown with the father of the American Nation George Washington, where the British Empire would leave the current Eastern states of the USA and would recognize the independence of the USA, as long as the then American army did not invade Canada. George Washington agreed to this. However, as President Trump recently said in an interview with the NY Times: “My morality. My mind. That is the only thing that can stop me”. “I do not need International Law”. We, as Liberal Globe, will say that time will tell.
