The kind of far-sighted deal in which the US gets effective use of its allies territories to project military force far beyond its border, in order to contain its superpower rivals, the Russian Federation and China. This is done primarily to protect the USA's own interests (military and commercial), and secondarily (and as a quid-pro-quo) to defend the territory of its allies. That's what military alliances are about. You may recall the Iraq war when several allies of the US joined your country in fighting the Ba'athists, and then in the aftermath - when a multi-national peace keeping force was assembled (notably, including Denmark and Norway). Right or wrong, the US called, and allies responded.

Of course, if the USA no longer wants those bases all around the world, the US government is entirely free to withdraw them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_military_inst...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combatants_of_the_Iraq_War

Denmark is a founding member of NATO, deployed troops to Afghanistan when the US was attacked on 9/11 and lost 40+ soldiers. Denmark has spilled blood for the US.

It's an ally as much as it could be, the US's presence in Greenland is entirely because it is in US's interests, and for that, as an ally, Denmark has always allowed the US to deploy as many troops as it wanted. Also as an ally it allowed Americans to do business in Greenland.

What else do you want? You aren't even American for the Trump administration, do not understand how you got so entangled in this bizarre worldview.

What kind of ridiculous stupidity is it to endanger the greatest military alliance in history? You give up the credible deterrent that all member states enjoy and contribute for what exactly? A bunch of minerals you could have had with a simple treaty? Military access that you already enjoyed? China and Russia must be laughing hard at this amateur shit show

You may want to say that to the faces of the families who lost people in the Iraq war.

This is disgusting.

I'm beginning to believe that there is no line that you won't cross to defend your idol.