US Seeks Greenland Grab as Pursuit of Primacy Accelerates

“Greenland’s seizure by the US allows the US to not only expand its maritime blockade to target the Northern Sea Route, it also allows the US to fully implement its “division of labor” in Europe regarding its continued proxy war with Russia from a relatively safe distance.”

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2…

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https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Spe…

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https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand…

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https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/wo…

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https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/…

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https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-ag…

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https://www.reuters.com/world/china/c…

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https://nationalinterest.org/commenta…

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https://www.reuters.com/world/china/c…

US State Department – Secretary Marco Rubio with Megyn Kelly of The Megyn Kelly Show (Jan. 2025):
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BBC – Trump says US ‘has to have’ Greenland after naming special envoy (Dec. 24, 2025):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg…