Will Trump Destroy NATO with a Greenland Invasion?

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Tags: Politics, War and Foreign Policy

01/15/2026 Ryan McMaken

If NATO members aren’t even safe from other NATO members then what value is the alliance? There is one good thing that could come out of a Greenland war: it would probably destroy NATO.

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