Beau of The Fifth Column

Changes to that will most likely just be updates to allow more bases and probably some special Trumpian language about his Golden Dome project.

These are all things the U.S.

could have obtained by simply asking and not threatening our allies.

The only reason the rest of NATO would be willing to go along with it now is because they're hoping that after this ruinous escapade with another Trump term, we'll realize the error of our ways.

That is such a deliciously European belief.

When I lived there, I always loved how optimistic you are.

Here are the questions for the Trump supporters who might be getting ready to believe his framing when we finally see the concepts of a framework of a deal.

Is Greenland part of the US?

Was the banging of the war drums with NATO worth it?

And most importantly, is there anything in whatever deal finally emerges that Denmark had previously said no to?

Well, howdy there, Internet people.

It's Belle again.

So today, we're going to talk about Trump's claim that we need Greenland to counter Russia.

Trump has pushed the idea that the U.S.

needs to control Greenland to counter Russia.

And now this idea is showing up in messages and the comments section.

First, as a periodic reminder, the U.S.

has military access to Greenland.

We don't have to own the territory to use it.

But let's skip over that for a second.