In a statement, the White House told the BBC that Trump had made clear that acquiring Greenland was a “national security priority”.

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    To dismantle NATO and generally weaken the west.

    It is also a theoretically strategic important location for a future northern route between Europe, Asia, and North America if/when the polar icecaps melt.

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      Sadly I think we’re gonna see NATO fall apart when article 5 is triggered. Even if another NATO ally attacks a NATO ally, that wouldn’t dissolve it. What will is when the attacked nation enacts the article and no one is willing to help. Especially if the aggressor is the US.

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      It gives a direct route from the USA through the Arctic to the entire coastline of Northern Europe and Russia, and it places the USA on every side of Canada, surrounding it. So it makes it easier for the USA’s military to reach Europe, Russia and Asia, and easier to seize Canada by force, should Trump decide to follow through on his threats.