What the international press in 2019 dismissed as an "eccentricity" of Donald Trump has now transformed into an existential threat to international law and global peace . After six years, the President of the United States has escalated his expansionist rhetoric to the extreme : the annexation of Greenland is no longer a purchase offer, but a declaration of "national security necessity" that he promises to formalize next week at the Davos Forum.

Under the "America First" policy, the US government has abandoned diplomatic niceties . Vice President JD Vance was adamant that Washington will go "as far as necessary" to secure control of the island, accusing Denmark of "not doing a good job" defending a territory that—according to the White House—is a strategic chess piece against Russia and China .

The loot: Critical minerals and arctic control

The key to this conflict is the plundering of resources . Greenland is not just ice; it is the largest deposit of rare earth elements outside of China, in addition to possessing strategic reserves of uranium, zinc, and copper .

In a 2026 marked by the voraciousness of technological capitalism and the energy transition of the Global North, Greenland represents the necessary larder to sustain the consumerism of the powers at the expense of the sovereignty of the peoples .

"NATO is breaking up": Europe's response

The reaction from Copenhagen has been unprecedentedly serious . Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has issued a warning that shakes the post-war order: "If one NATO country attacks another NATO country, it will all be over."

The equation is simple: if the US infringes upon the territorial integrity of an ally to impose its will, Article 5 of the Atlantic Alliance (mutual defense) is mortally wounded . Europe faces a crossroads: submit to Trump's new imperial order or definitively break with Washington to seek an autonomy that until now seemed impossible .

Greenlandic resistance: "We are not for sale"

From Nuuk, Greenland's Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen , responded with the dignity of a people who know the weight of colonialism: "Enough with the annexation fantasies. Our country is not an object of a superpower's rhetoric." However, Trump dismissed the Greenlandic leader, claiming that he "doesn't know who he is," a clear example of the colonial blindness that ignores the self-determination of peoples when resources are at stake.

A new world order based on force

This scenario marks the end of the era of international law as we knew it . When Trump states that "my morals are the only thing that can stop me, I don't need international law," he is sending a message to the rest of the world, including Argentina and our usurped Malvina Islands : sovereignty is no longer an inalienable right, but a "business" or a "concession" subject to the will of the strongest.

We are witnessing the birth of a New World Order where colonialism is no longer disguised as "civilizing missions," but as "national security" and "economic survival" of capitalism.