Better beg france to share nuclear tech. There likely isn't enough time to do it from scratch.

I don't think that at this point the American public opinion of what is going on, really matters, besides internal politics within the USA.

It absolutely matters beyond just internal politics. If you had asked me on December 31st, 2025 if I thought there was a credible threat of the US invading Greenland, I would have said, "Not likely" and just cracked it up to Trump's usual bullshit attempts to distract from his legal issues and failing domestic agenda. And then the US very brazenly waltzed into Venezuela and deposed Maduro.

Now, I think the threats against Greenland, and by extension Denmark, are serious. Public opinion won't necessarily stop Trump from invading Greenland. But, moralle does matter when it comes to the success of an armed conflict. Just ask Russia how their "Three day special military operation" in Ukraine is working out.

If I'm in Danish leadership and I'm now facing a credible threat to the lives of 5+ million people, I'm going to say whatever I have to say to try to prevent all out war. Trying to hammer the notion into the minds of the American public that their government is threatening a good friend and ally, rather than a belligerent enemy, is a completely reasonable approach. Especially considering the US's vastly superior firepower.

Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. I hope they are actively preparing for the worst. I also hope it doesn't come to that.

Sanctions and kicking troops out would all but guarantee a US intervention, especially because we respect the 1951 agreement which means the US has a direct right to build and maintain bases on Greenland and have done so for 75 years. We're trying to respect international law, not undermine it.

If you think the EU or Denmark sanctioning or taking aggressive action against the US does anything but bring misery to ourselves you're politically naive. It'd be the exact pretext the hawks surrounding the president needs.

Now, if anything does happen re Greenland I expect we'll start selling off US bonds, as would many other countries. That usually has Trump backing down pretty quickly as interest rates rise.

That said,, Greenland is a semi-sovereign nation within the Danish commonwealth, so they can choose to accept a US deal offering them e.g. a free association agreement or something like that, but most recent polls show 85% of Greenlanders are against a deal with the US.