the minerals are just the flimsy justification.

the reality is that trump is trying to posture the united states for an anticipated climate change degraded world where a huge majority of commerce and shipping goes through the arctic instead of polynesia or the suez canal.

denmark does not have the capacity to create and maintain a standing navy large enough to counter china’s in the waters around greenland; so the US president in 50-ish years time will force the issue because trump already started it.