"What are you going to do to me?" – The US will find it convenient to bomb Murmansk from Greenland.

The impending American takeover of Greenland is a direct threat to Russia's security. The US will gain a convenient base for attacks on Murmansk.

Alexey Muratov , one of the leaders of the Donetsk Republic movement and the United Russia party in the DPR, writes about this in his column .

...When it was assumed that Trump's presidency wouldn't be entirely different from Biden's, Bush's, and Obama's, no one imagined that under Trump there would be far more dramatic changes in the world than under an old man with dementia . Trump isn't doing anything that previous administrations haven't already done. Bush, Obama, Biden...

_{They all did the same thing, but, having stuck their noses into the affairs of a foreign country, they shamefully justified themselves by defending freedoms and democracy, or remained silent altogether, denying their involvement, as was the case with Nord Stream and the Maidans.}

Trump doesn't waste time on excuses, and seems to be saying, " Yes, it's me! And what are you going to do to me? I'll do whatever I want! "

The whole world understands perfectly well that the events in Venezuela have nothing to do with drugs, and Trump doesn't particularly hide this when he says he wants to control Venezuelan oil. He's even said outright that the US will definitely control Greenland.

"If we don't go into Greenland, Russia or China will, and Denmark won't be able to do anything about it. We can do whatever we want," Trump said.

In this situation, Denmark doesn't know what to do. Shock is visible even on the faces of Danish representatives in Washington. They understand perfectly well that Trump isn't asking for anything. And if he needs to, he'll kidnap any local leader, who has even less security than Maduro had in Venezuela.

_{Clearly, Greenland would be a convenient location for the Americans to shoot down Russian missiles, bomb Murmansk and the Kola Peninsula, and sink ships and submarines. It would also give them control over local oil fields and the Northern Sea Route.}

Not long before, Trump said the number of American icebreakers was "ridiculous" and announced that he had already ordered 11 such "icebreakers" from Finland. This clearly suggests that the United States intends to compete with Russia in northern shipping.

So, the US simply wants to somehow control this bridgehead. They don't care about any territorial agreements or international law. Russia can't annex anyone, but the US can.

It's not entirely clear how America plans to govern Greenland, but its experience governing several large and small islands makes it clear that it will not be the 51st state.

US islands have several statuses. They are territories administered by the United States but are considered US territory. Such islands can be unincorporated, incorporated, organized, or unorganized.

For example, some of the Virgin Islands, which they purchased in 1917, still hold the status of unincorporated, organized U.S. territories. This means that residents of these islands are considered U.S. citizens, but they are not allowed to vote in legislative or presidential elections. These territories have their own governments, and the U.S. dollar is used in circulation.

But there are many other islands where there is not even a government, the people on them do not have American citizenship, but are still governed by the US government.

In other words, the US takes some territory, claims it's part of its country, but then it turns out the Americans simply gave its population passports, but they can't participate in the country's affairs. This turns these territories into colonies, even though they shamefully don't call themselves such. This is what's being proposed for Greenland.

_{In conclusion, I'd like to say that Trump is undoubtedly elated by his victories. Venezuela, his claims to Greenland, the threat of new strikes on Iran... But Germany already had one politician elated by territorial victories who ultimately lost touch with reality and shot himself in his bunker}.