What People Are Getting Wrong About Greenland, Trump, and NATO - The Global Gambit - Pyotr Kurzin

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What is unfolding over Greenland isn’t a diplomatic sideshow — it’s a signal.

What looks, at first glance, like a territorial dispute is in reality a stress test of Europe’s credibility, sovereignty, and willingness to confront power when it comes from inside the Western alliance. This is no longer a hypothetical problem or a future contingency. It is happening now.

Greenland isn’t just about land or resources. It’s about whether international rules still constrain power — or whether they are giving way to hierarchy, coercion, and the return of might-makes-right politics. The Trump administration’s posture has stripped away ambiguity, forcing Europe to confront an uncomfortable reality it has long tried to avoid.

The strategic importance of Greenland is clear. Its military role, Arctic positioning, and relevance to missile defense make it central to U.S. security planning. But Europe’s response has exposed something deeper: hesitation, fragmentation, and an instinct to manage Washington rather than confront it — even when core principles like sovereignty and alliance credibility are at stake.

But this isn’t just about Greenland.

It’s about NATO’s credibility, Europe’s dependence, and whether the transatlantic relationship can survive a world where power is asserted without restraint — even against allies.

So in this episode, I break down what the Greenland crisis is really exposing, why Trump has to be taken seriously, and how Europe’s reluctance to act decisively may prove more destabilizing than any external threat. Is this just another moment of tension — or the point at which Europe is finally forced to confront a geopolitical reality it can no longer postpone?