NATO is officially launching its new “Arctic Sentry” mission in Greenland, but the move seems less about deterring Russia and more about keeping President Trump happy. This major new effort to beef up the alliance’s presence in the High North is widely seen by diplomats and experts as a massive political rebranding exercise.
This mission is in response to heavy U.S. pressure, largely motivated by Trump’s repeated threats to annex the Danish territory. For many European countries, the president’s campaign to acquire Greenland was a breaking point, cementing their view that the U.S. is becoming a permanently unreliable ally.
