Greenland takeover could “upend US foreign policy”
“Greenland has a lot of rare earth. It also has gold and oil.”
Melinda Haring, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Eurasia Center, explains what the US threats to take over Greenland will mean for the NATO alliance. US president Donald Trump has stated that a military takeover of the island is an option. Greenland is a territory of Denmark, a fellow NATO member.
Published On 7 Jan 2026
