Of course. But seizing sovereign territory would cause massive, global outrage from both our enemies and our allies. It's essentially what Putin is doing to Ukraine. The consequences of such a move would be incalculable. And despite the legitimate reasons why Greenland would be advantageous to the United States, that's not why Trump is obsessed with it.

His motivations go back to his first presidency when he was shown a Mercator projection map and saw how big Greenland looked. He loves maps and real estate. And he saw Greenland as the ultimate real estate deal. And when Denmark shot him down, refusing to cede control of their arctic territory, and other leaders started laughing at him about it, he did what he always does; he doubled down.

What we're seeing now is his obsessed desire to own Greenland. And it's all about his ego, and what he sees as his personal gain from such a move.