01/07/2026
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**Trump, Greenland, and the Risk of a Transatlantic Break:
Will Europe Accept a U.S. Takeover?**
Written by: ISMAIL A SHAN
Discussions surrounding Donald Trump and his repeated remarks about Greenland have once again brought a sensitive geopolitical issue into focus. While often framed as strategic thinking, the idea of the United States taking control of Greenland raises serious questions about international law, European unity, and global stability.
Greenland is an autonomous territory under the sovereignty of Denmark, a full member of the European Union. Any attemptâmilitary or coerciveâto seize control of Greenland would be viewed by Europe not as negotiation, but as aggression. European leaders have consistently maintained that Greenlandâs future is a matter for Denmark and the Greenlandic people alone.
Such a move would place the NATO in an unprecedented crisis. Both the United States and Denmark are NATO members, and an aggressive action against Danish territory would fundamentally undermine the allianceâs core principle of collective defense. Rather than strengthening Western security, it could fracture the transatlantic alliance itself.
Europe would be unlikely to respond with direct military confrontation, but diplomatic and strategic consequences would be severe. Trust in U.S. leadership would erode, Europe would accelerate efforts toward strategic autonomy, and Washington could find itself increasingly isolated.
In this scenario, China and Russia would benefit without firing a single shotâgaining leverage from a divided West. Ultimately, Greenland is not a commodity to be claimed, but a self-governing land whose people have the right to decide their own future. Any attempt to override that reality would redraw global fault lines, not secure them.
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Las declaraciones reiteradas del presidente Donald Trump sobre Groenlandia han reabierto un debate delicado en la polÃtica internacional. MÃĄs allÃĄ del discurso estratÊgico, la posibilidad de que Estados Unidos intente tomar control de Greenland plantea serias preocupaciones sobre el derecho internacional y las relaciones transatlÃĄnticas.
Groenlandia es un territorio autÃŗnomo bajo la soberanÃa de Dinamarca, paÃs miembro de la European Union. Europa considera que cualquier intento de imponer control externo serÃa una violaciÃŗn directa de la soberanÃa europea. Para los gobiernos europeos, el futuro de Groenlandia debe decidirse exclusivamente entre Dinamarca y el pueblo groenlandÊs.
Una acciÃŗn de este tipo provocarÃa una crisis profunda dentro de la NATO. Un conflicto entre aliados socavarÃa la credibilidad del bloque y debilitarÃa la arquitectura de seguridad occidental construida durante dÊcadas.
Aunque Europa difÃcilmente responderÃa con una confrontaciÃŗn militar directa, las consecuencias polÃticas serÃan graves: distanciamiento diplomÃĄtico, reducciÃŗn de la dependencia estratÊgica de Estados Unidos y un impulso renovado hacia una defensa europea independiente.
En ese contexto, China y Russia se beneficiarÃan de una Europa y un Estados Unidos divididos. Groenlandia, sin embargo, no es un territorio negociable entre potencias, sino una naciÃŗn con derechos y voz propia en su futuro.
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