The Trump administration has made it clear it sees acquiring Greenland as more than just an ambitious long-term goal; it's being framed as a strategic necessity. So the question is simple: why Greenland? And if the U.S. were actually to try to take it by force, what would that do to NATO? When you zoom out, Greenland checks almost every box that matters in modern power competition: military positioning, global shipping routes, and critical minerals; all in a region that is becoming more strategically valuable every year.