David Frum
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And so we need to do more releases.
But had it been topped up in 2025, the United States would be in a much better position.
So there is a national security argument always against this administration, which is โ and by the way โ
One of the things that you would want to top up is some aid for Ukraine, because Trump keeps saying that the reason there aren't enough weapons, apparently, is that so many were given away to Ukraine.
Well, he was selling weapons in 2025, not giving anything and not again, not stockpiling.
He had a year and a half.
Why didn't he stockpile?
Well, the Denmark story is the most shocking and startling.
And this is a rumor that those of us who are interested in the Arctic, Canada, had been hearing since January.
But last week, it was confirmed by Danish news agencies with good sourcing to the Danish government and quotes on the record.
It had not been on the record before.
Greenland is, of course, Danish territory, part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
It has substantial autonomy.
And the Danes and Donald Trump in January really ramped up a threat to annex it by force.
And so the Danish plan was obviously Denmark cannot defend Greenland against the United States.
Their plan was to send their best soldiers to Greenland to die, to be killed.
And their hope was that if the United States shed Danish blood
It would so shame the United States, they hoped.
They had that sufficient confidence in the United States to believe that Americans are still capable of shame for murdering allies or killing allies, that it would stop the war.
But that was their plan.