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President Donald Trump’s musings about using military force to wrest control of Greenland from Denmark have created an uproar on both sides of the Atlantic. Leading Republicans have rushed to oppose the idea while European allies have rallied behind Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederickson. That’s good, because no matter how strong an interest the United States has in protecting Greenlandic territory and waters, it has a much stronger interest in maintaining a strong NATO alliance.