Why on Earth Would We Take Greenland? || Peter Zeihan

Acquiring Greenland represents a strategic and economic misstep for the United States due to its lack of viable infrastructure and the diminishing Russian naval threat. The Russian Arctic fleet is a shadow of its former self, and the United Kingdom already serves as a superior naval counter-position. Geographically, 80% of Greenland is trapped under a permanent ice cap, making mineral extraction or port construction prohibitively expensive and technically unfeasible within this century. Furthermore, direct control offers no new military advantages, as the current alliance with Denmark already provides the U.S. with necessary access, such as the Thule station. Forcing a takeover would jeopardize the relationship with Denmark—one of America's most loyal allies—potentially isolating the U.S. from European security frameworks and repeating historical patterns of costly, unilateral intervention.