The foreign policy establishment is having another meltdown, this time over President Trump's renewed interest in Greenland. But here's the question they don't want you asking: What's Greenland to us, really?
The late Angelo Codevilla—one of the few honest voices in foreign policy—had it right when he cut through the Washington fog in 2019. Writing in the Claremont Review of Books, he asked "What's Russia to us?" Not because he loved Putin, but because he understood something the Deep State desperately wants to hide: they turn every foreign policy issue into a convenient villain that justifies their budgets, silences dissent, and keeps the swamp creatures in power.
Now they're doing it again with Greenland. Watch the talking heads on CNN and MSNBC hyperventilate about "imperialism" and "destabilizing alliances." Listen to the same foreign policy "experts" who gave us endless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq suddenly lecture us about respecting sovereignty.
America First Strategy vs. Swamp Thinking
Here's what the establishment won't tell you: real strategy begins with American interests, not globalist virtue signaling. Greenland sits at a critical strategic chokepoint in the Arctic. It's loaded with rare earth minerals that China desperately wants to control. And it's become increasingly important as climate patterns shift northern shipping routes.
"The question isn't whether pursuing Greenland makes European bureaucrats uncomfortable—it's whether it makes America stronger and more secure."
Trump understands what Codevilla knew: foreign policy should serve American citizens, not the comfort of foreign capitals or the career ambitions of State Department lifers. When the President explores acquiring Greenland, he's thinking like a businessman protecting his company's assets—except his company is the United States of America.
The same people who spent four years claiming Trump was "isolationist" are now calling him "expansionist." They can't keep their narratives straight because they don't have principles—only power.
Patriots, here's the bottom line: every time the foreign policy establishment has a collective panic attack, it usually means Trump is onto something that threatens their cozy arrangements. Maybe it's time we started asking what Greenland means to us—not what it means to them.