We took the president-elect literally not seriously and charted out how the U.S. military would fare against Denmark — which recently boosted the island’s security by financing two dog sled patrols…

The U.S. has — by far — the world’s largest defense budget, spending $948 billion last year. Its armed forces have 1.3 million personnel — some of them currently stationed in Greenland. Denmark, for its part, last year spent $9.9 billion, has only 17,000 soldiers, and most of its heavy land-warfare equipment has been donated to Ukraine.

  • ddhEnglish
    2•4 days ago

    They could pull NATO Article 5.

    • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]English
      4•4 days ago

      The Politico article actually goes into that possibility, and says that it’s unclear whether article 5 actually can be invoked against another NATO member.