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This week on The Patriot Perspective, the conversation turned to one of the most ridiculed foreign-policy ideas of the Trump presidency: the proposal that the United States pursue control over Greenland. 

For months, Democrats have treated the idea as evidence of recklessness rather than strategy. But stripped of mockery and examined on its merits, Trump’s interest in Greenland reflects a clear-eyed assessment of American security needs in a rapidly changing Arctic.

The United States has been strategically involved in Greenland for more than a century. In 1916, Washington formally recognized Danish sovereignty over the island as part of a broader North Atlantic security arrangement. 

That understanding deepened after World War II, when the United States assumed primary responsibility for Greenland’s defense through a bilateral agreement that still governs American military access today. 

U.S. radar systems, airfields, and early-warning installations have operated on the island for decades. Trump did not invent U.S. interest in Greenland—he recognized that its importance has outgrown the assumptions underlying those earlier agreements.

The Arctic is no longer a frozen buffer zone. It is warming far faster than the rest of the planet, opening shipping routes, exposing untapped resources, and turning geography into strategic leverage. 

Russia has responded aggressively, reopening Soviet-era bases, expanding its Northern Fleet, and increasing submarine activity near North American approaches. China, despite lacking Arctic territory, has pursued research stations, infrastructure projects, and mining interests throughout the region, often through state-linked entities with clear dual-use potential.

Greenland sits at the center of this transformation. Its location makes it indispensable for missile detection, space surveillance, and monitoring Russian submarines as they transit into the Atlantic. 

Early-warning systems based in Greenland provide critical detection time that no continental installation can replace. Those minutes matter. They directly affect whether the United States can respond to a launch before American cities are put at risk.

Supporters of the status quo argue that existing treaties already provide sufficient protection. As discussed on The Patriot Perspective, access alone does not equal security. Denmark has repeatedly struggled to prevent Chinese-linked companies from seeking roles in Greenland’s ports, telecommunications networks, and mining sector. 

In the Arctic, infrastructure is never merely commercial. Ports enable naval access. Research facilities gather intelligence. Communications networks shape surveillance capabilities for decades.

The economic stakes are equally serious. Greenland holds substantial rare-earth deposits essential to missile guidance systems, radar technology, and advanced electronics. China already dominates global rare-earth processing. 

Allowing Beijing even limited influence over Greenland’s supply chain would deepen an existing American vulnerability at a moment when strategic independence is becoming more urgent, not less.

Trump’s Greenland proposal was not impulsive. It was rooted in the recognition that the United States already bears responsibility for Greenland’s defense while lacking sufficient authority to shape its long-term strategic environment. 

Greenland already plays a central role in American security. The remaining question is whether U.S. policy will acknowledge that reality—or continue relying on arrangements designed for a world that no longer exists.

This week, The Patriot Perspective also interviewed Dr. Norman Fried, a psychologist specializing in trauma and recovery. Watch as he explains the roots of ICE Derangement Syndrome. Listen to the episode: HERE

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A Virginia federal court on Tuesday moved to replace Lindsey Halligan after a judge previously ruled she was unlawfully serving as US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

The federal judges also threatened sanctions against any DOJ lawyer who referred to Lindsey Halligan as US Attorney.

In November, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, a Clinton appointee, dismissed the criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James.

Judge Currie also ruled that US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was invalidly appointed.

Pam Bondi previously jumped into action and retroactively gave Lindsey Halligan a new position of “special attorney” in response to Comey’s effort to remove Halligan.

As a “special attorney,” Halligan has the authority to conduct legal proceedings before judges and magistrates.

However, Judge Currie said Halligan cannot serve as Interim US Attorney.

“The appointment of Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney violated 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution,” the judge wrote.

“All actions flowing from Ms. Halligan’s defective appointment, including securing and signing Mr. Comey’s indictment, were unlawful exercises of executive power and are hereby set aside,” the judge said.

On Tuesday, federal judges in Virginia posted a job opening for Lindsey Halligan’s position.

NBC News reported:

A top federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia has posted a job opening for a top federal prosecutor position that the Trump administration claims is occupied by Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan.

Chief Judge M. Hannah Lauck entered an order on Tuesday ordering the clerk of the court to post a vacancy announcement, soliciting applications from attorneys interested in filling the position of Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

“In the exercise of the authority conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 546(d) to appoint an Interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia until the position is filled by a Senate confirmed person, the Court is soliciting expressions of interest in serving in that position,” the order read.

Under the law, when the position is vacant — as the chief judge declared it was — the court can “appoint a United States Attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled” by a Senate-confirmed candidate. The application deadline is listed as Feb. 10, 2026.

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Greenland is on red alert.

It’s expected that US President Donald J. Trump will meet with an array of European leaders tomorrow (21) in Davos, Switzerland, to address the most urgent geopolitical question of our times: the US’s move to take over the Arctic Island of Greenland.

Among the leaders expected to be present, the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and her Greenlander counterpart Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who is NOT waiting for any meeting to start preparing for the ‘worst’.

Nielsen has told the Arctic island’s population and its authorities to ‘start preparing for a possible military invasion’.

Bloomberg reported:

“’It’s not likely there will be a military conflict, but it can’t be ruled out’, Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said at a press conference in capital Nuuk on Tuesday.”

Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen:

We cannot rule out anything when it is said on the other side that he would like to own and take over Greenland. pic.twitter.com/tDUb3yOtTw

— The Daily News (@DailyNewsJustIn) January 20, 2026

Greenland will form a task force to deal with disruptions to daily life, the PM said.

The government will issue a recommendation to stock food for at least five days in people’s homes.

“Trump has said he needs to own Greenland for security reasons and had earlier on Tuesday posted an AI-generated image of himself planting a US flag on the island. Greenland, with a population of 57,000, is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but has its own government overseeing most aspects of life bar defense and foreign policy. Denmark has in recent days deployed more troops in Greenland to boost Arctic defense.”

“In a move to shore up security of the territory, Denmark and seven other NATO countries last week deployed a handful of officers on the island as part of the Operation Arctic Endurance. Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command will now expand the military exercises to potentially run year-round, a Greenlandic newspaper reported on Tuesday.”

Read more:

Native Greenlanders Reveal Horrors Under Danish Rule Including Years of Forced Sterilization and Removal of Children

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