The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols parks one. From Nichols:

“The president’s obsession with Greenland is especially dangerous because it has no real constituency: Trump is determined to get the island, it seems, only because Denmark and the rest of the world are telling him that he can’t have it. As is so often the case, telling Trump not to do something makes him more determined to do it. …Even the loyal MAGA base has shown no interest in Greenland, or at least not yet; the president’s supporters, of course, usually end up supporting whatever he wants.”

I’m not sure a U.S. takeover, or claim of ownership, would unleash the theoretical military chain of events Nichols outlines. But the president is nuts about this (and so many other things), so brace yourself for the unexpected. Think about it: who ever thought we’d end up doing what we did in Venezuela?