Trump’s invasion of Greenland would be ‘the shortest war in the world’ – POLITICO
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The U.S. has — by far — the world’s largest defense budget, spending $948 billion last year. Its armed forces have 1.3 million personnel — some of them currently stationed in Greenland. Denmark, for its part, last year spent $9.9 billion, has only 17,000 soldiers, and most of its heavy land-warfare equipment has been donated to Ukraine.

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      Europeans committed a cardinal error in their assumption that the US was their steadfast ally and guardian. In truth, the relationship is akin to one where a farmer shelters a goat. It’s not done out of affection, but with the cold calculation of one who knows it will eventually be led to the slaughter.