Trump Can Get Greenland - But Only If He Helps Putin Win

Donald Trump’s obsession with Greenland is back — louder, more defiant, and far more dangerous. At first glance, it may sound like just another bombastic "Art of the Deal" stunt. But this time, there’s a strategy behind the spectacle. Trump is seizing on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and the world’s failure to stop it — as a precedent. If Putin can grab territory and call it liberation, why can’t the United States do the same in Greenland?

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Putin didn’t just take land—he tested the world’s appetite for force-fed imperialism. Trump watched carefully. He saw that with enough propaganda and fake referenda, even annexation could be spun as "liberation." Now, he's borrowing straight from the Kremlin's playbook—and aiming it at the Arctic.

Trump’s Greenland dream isn’t new. He floated the idea in 2019, was laughed at, and dropped it. But now, with Russia’s “legalized looting” of Ukraine’s territories serving as precedent, Trump smells opportunity. The annexation model has been tested. And guess what? It works—if you're willing to ignore international law and embrace the authoritarian fantasy that might makes right.

The Putin Doctrine, Trump Edition

Trump’s rhetoric—suggesting Greenland might be acquired "without military force" while threatening that "nothing is off the table"—is the perfect echo of Putin’s Ukraine strategy. First comes the narrative: Greenland is underused, mismanaged, vulnerable. Then come the warnings: if America doesn’t act, Russia or China might. Finally, the ultimatum: acquisition by diplomacy—or force.

This isn't policy. This is hostage negotiation by a man who views the world map as Monopoly property and Putin as the game master.

And Greenland, of course, is just the beginning.

After Greenland Comes Canada, Mexico—And the End of NATO

Once Trump sets the precedent that American borders are flexible and imperialism is fashionable again, why stop with Greenland? Canada's vast, resource-rich territories are already home to growing Russian disinformation campaigns. Mexico, meanwhile, can be painted as a failed state teetering on the edge of Chinese influence. Trump's logic is dangerously simple: "If we don’t take them, someone else will."

This is the rhetoric of Cold War-era domino theory, injected with steroids and steered by a man who admires strongmen and dreams of monuments.

Putin couldn’t ask for more. By legitimizing occupation and annexation, Trump hands the Kremlin the ultimate justification for its actions in Ukraine—and beyond. Worse, he drags America into the very behavior it once fought against.

Why Ukraine Matters to Greenland

Here’s the terrifying twist: Trump needs Ukraine to fall in order to justify Greenland. He needs Putin’s map of conquest to remain intact, because it’s the model for his own.

If Ukraine wins—if Russia’s empire cracks—Trump’s Arctic ambitions collapse with it. Because then the precedent breaks. Then land grabs lose their sheen of legitimacy. And Greenland remains not a pawn in Trump’s global chess game, but a sovereign territory with a future separate from Trump's fantasies.

So when Trump says he’ll "get" Greenland, believe him. But understand who the real beneficiary is—and what he’s really trying to get.

Conclusion

Trump doesn’t just want Greenland. He wants to exploit the same toxic logic the world failed to stop in Crimea and Donbas. But there’s a catch: he can only pull it off if Putin wins in Ukraine. And Trump seems perfectly willing to help make that happen.

Because a Ukrainian victory wouldn’t just shatter the Kremlin’s imperial ambitions—it would also bury Trump’s dreams of bargaining over foreign lands like casino chips.

The question isn’t whether Trump can take Greenland.
The question is whether we allow Putin to create the precedent for him.