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Michael Blake, Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington

How Trump’s Greenland threats amount to an implicit rejection of the legal principles of Nuremberg

Daily life on a street at sunset in Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 21, 2026. AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

U.S. President Donald Trump has, for the moment, indicated a willingness to abandon his threat to take over Greenland through military force – saying that he prefers negotiation to invasion. He is, however, continuing to assert that the United States ought to acquire ownership of the self-governing territory.

Trump has repeatedly raised the possibility of using military action, against both Greenland and Canada.

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