The Trump administration is reportedly considering moving Greenland from the responsibility of U.S. European Command to U.S. Northern Command, which is tasked with defending North America.
Northern Command is in charge of defending the U.S. homeland, so putting Greenland into its purview is a symbolic gesture furthering the Trump administration’s belief that the island nation is of vital U.S. interest.
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