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Hegseth Suggests Pentagon Has Greenland, Panama Invasion 'Contingency' Plans

Hegseth Suggests Pentagon Has Greenland, Panama Invasion 'Contingency' Plans

Hegseth Suggests Pentagon Has Greenland, Panama Invasion 'Contingency' Plans
Above: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in Washington, DC, on June 12, 2025. Image credit: Alex Wroblewski/AFP/Getty Images

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Greenland is America’s Arctic keystone — vital for missile defense, resource security, and countering Russian and Chinese advances. With Cold War-era agreements still in effect, the U.S. already holds legal and operational leverage. Trump’s push isn’t whimsy; it’s strategic foresight. As great-power rivalries intensify, securing Greenland isn’t conquest, but prudent defense of American interests at the planet’s new frontier.

Trump’s obsession with seizing Greenland — even hinting at military invasion — isn’t strategy, it’s delusion. He dreams of annexing allies, treats sovereign nations like Monopoly squares, and rants about national security while echoing history’s worst imperial fantasies. In a world that has moved on from conquest, Trump seems determined to drag us backward into madness.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 25% chance Greenland will become independent before 2035, according to the Metaculus prediction community.



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