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Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe

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Donald Trump called Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday to discuss Greenland.

Frida Ghitis: Greenland is not a beachfront property, but it's an autonomous territory of Denmark .

She says the U.S. military could build bases, search for minerals, station troops in Greenland , patrol sea lanes nearby.

Ghitis says the most difficult aspect of the crisis is the need to prepare for an unspecified economic threat from a close ally.

The Economist declared the existence of a Trump doctrine,” and a million articles have solemnly debated Greenland ’s strategic importance.

But in Copenhagen , people suspect a far more irrational explanation: Trump just wants the U.S. to look larger on a map.

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