Three possible scenarios if Trump really does invade Greenland, and none end well

There is a genuine possibility that the U.S. Armed Forces (assuming they obey a clearly illegal order) will invade and seize the territory of another NATO member on Trump’s command (unless his people can talk him out of it). I still find this highly implausible, but the man keeps going on about it so we should consider the likely consequences.
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Most people treated Donald Trump's rambling on about seizing Greenland as a passing fantasy—until Trump had a 45-minute telephone conversation with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark on Saturday, Jan. 25, writes Gwynne Dyer. One senior European official said the call was 'horrendous,' and that she was shaken by his manner.

LONDON, U.K.—The Strait of Malacca is strategically important. It’s the shortest shipping route between the Far East and the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. It handles one quarter of all internationally traded goods, and if anybody tried to block it th...

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