Why Trump will get Greenland

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:50:22 +0000

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UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers speaks with author and Cambridge professor Helen Thompson, economist Pippa Malmgren, and Danish MEP Henrik Dahl about the Trump administration's escalating rhetoric and strategic moves to acquire Greenland. Covering the historical legal underpinnings of Danish sovereignty while analysing modern geopolitical drivers such as the Monroe Doctrine, Arctic militarisation, and the essential role of the region in a new space race for strategic security dominance, they explore how the Greenland situation is symptomatic of a profound breakdown in trust between Washington and Western Europe, with the administration increasingly viewing European leadership as obstructive political rivals in a shifting global order.

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//TIMECODES//

00:36 - 02:10 – Intro
02:10 - 11:55 – Denmark responds: Henrik Dahl
11:55 - 29:46 – US ambitions & Arctic history: Helen Thompson
29:15 - 43:20 – Space, security, & US-Europe rift: Pippa Malmgren
43:20 - 44:09 – Closing thoughts