Analysts have revealed that Donald Trump may invade Greenland and claim it within 24 hours in the “shortest war in the world.”
The new US president refused to rule out seizing Greenland by force after confirming his intention to buy the territory from Denmark.
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Far from being a useless block of ice, Greenland is a vital strategic asset brimming with natural resources and located in the middle of major Arctic trade routes.
It has become the epicenter of great power conflict – with Russia and China intensifying their efforts to control the region.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called for decisive talks with Trump after his recent statements, stressing that “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”
But if Trump invades Iraq, US military power means the war would be over in just 24 hours, politics professor Anthony Glees told The Sun.
Speaking to The Sun, Glees said Trump would be surrounded by “people who think he's great” – meaning he would be able to push through any wild ideas he has.
“In other words, we have to take it seriously,” Gless said.
“If Trump wants to take Greenland by force, he can do it within 24 hours.”
As an autonomous region of Denmark, Greenland has its own governing body – but the island's residents hold Danish citizenship.
But Trump said US ownership of Greenland was “absolutely necessary” to protect global “national security and freedom.”
Greenland, the largest non-continental island in the world, has a population of only 57,000 people and does not have any defensive capabilities of its own.
As the owner of the island Denmark He is responsible for protecting Greenland and their army will be responsible army To rally against the Americans.
Its defense budget amounts to about 6 billion pounds, 100 times less than the defense budget that America spends on defense, which amounts to 750 billion pounds.
As such, the Royal Danish Army would be dwarfed by the United States Armed Forces.
There are only 17,000 active Danish soldiers, and most of the country's heavy military equipment has been donated to Ukraine – so their defenses are weaker than usual.
Some Danish Coast Guards patrol southeast Greenland, but the Danish press reported that the software needed to fire on targets was never purchased, leaving patrols toothless.
Danish Ministry of Defense It states that the missions of the forces around Greenland are “primarily to monitor territorial waters.”
Denmark's best hope of defending against the Americans is to prove that the EU or NATO has a legal requirement to intervene and protect Greenland.
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“There is no defense capability in Greenland,” Ulrik Bram Gadd, a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, told Politico.
This means that it will be “the shortest war in the world.”
The conflict will constitute an “unstable” situation after the United States concluded an agreement with Denmark in 1951 to defend Greenland against attack.
The United States has a nuclear base on the island that is constantly guarded by troops.
“Who will the Americans fight? Their own army?” said Christian Sobe Christensen, a military researcher at the University of Copenhagen.
Glees said it was likely that if a US invasion occurred, “there would be no military response to it, because it is unthinkable that any NATO member would attack the United States.”
If Trump wanted to seize Greenland by force, he could do so within 24 hours
Professor Anthony Glees
But he also warned that Denmark would not simply back down, and the UK would be obliged to support our Scandinavian ally on NATO's terms.
“There has to be some kind of response, and Article 5 of NATO would oblige the rest of us to support Denmark in any non-military measures it takes to try to get the Americans out,” he said.
This could take the form of “economic sanctions,” but “Trump will ignore them,” Glees said.
On the same day that Trump threatened to seize Greenland, his son, Donald Trump Jr., arrived on a Trump-branded jumbo plane.
“I hear the people of Greenland are MAGA,” Trump Sr. said on Truth Social.
Gless believes that Trump primarily wants “Greenland's rare earths to help America make things that only China can do.”
But by unleashing this overt threat of military force, Trump risks creating instability.
Glees warned that this could play into the hands of Putin, who would like nothing more than to see NATO destroyed.
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He added that Trump's threats could have “serious consequences” for Europe because he is “fighting with Denmark, a strong NATO ally.”
Glees said it was an attempt to “weaken” European countries that Trump “does not believe are on his side.”
The threat of military action against Denmark, a founding member of NATO, shows that he is “not particularly interested in this alliance.”
Glees also warned that Trump's actions could be a victory for Putin and undermine the NATO alliance.
“Facing Denmark, the direct winner is Vladimir Putin,” he said.
This comes at a time when the president-elect announced that he is arranging to meet with Putin.
Trump said that the Russian president “wants to meet, and we are preparing for that.”
“Oh,” said Gless opinion It's that he's making a catastrophic miscalculation there. No country, no matter how powerful, can walk alone in the world.
“The idea of Fortress America sounds good – but it has never worked in the past.
“An isolated America is a weak America, vulnerable to extremist views.”
Trump has angered America's oldest allies with a bizarre plot in Greenland.
There has to be some kind of response, and NATO Article 5 would oblige the rest of us to support Denmark in any non-military actions it takes to try to get the Americans out.
Professor Anthony Glees
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot indicated that the movements in the region would be tantamount to an attack on the European Union.
He said: “There is no doubt that the European Union will allow other countries in the world, whoever they may be, to attack its sovereign borders, whatever they may be.
“We are a strong continent.”
Despite his warning, the minister added that he did not believe that the United States would invade Danish territory.
“If you ask me whether I think the United States will invade Greenland, my answer is no,” he said.
“But have we entered a period of time when that will be the case Survival of the fittest? Then my answer is yes.”
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also responded, saying: “The principle of inviolability of borders applies to every state, regardless of whether it is a very small or very powerful state.”
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former Prime Minister of Denmark, said: “We take this very seriously.
“But we have no ambition to escalate the war of words with a president on his way to the White House.”
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