Days ago, Senator Lindsey Graham suggested that it was time for European nations and Canada to basically get over Trump's threats to take over Greenland ever since he was elected to a second term. Remember, it was only last month when Trump seemed to talk about little else but taking over Greenland, before NATO allies managed to get him to back down at the Davos conference.
Now, quite conveniently, Trump bootlicker Graham is saying it's all good.
"Greenland is behind us," said the South Carolina Republican Friday at the Munich Security Conference. “I think everybody's hugging it out and we'll live to fight another day."
Graham evidently suggested that the pressure that Trump put on Europe, which included his "small ask" of obtaining Greenland, ultimately got NATO to band together more tightly and seriously than it years. That is why European nations now seem to be increasing defense spending and doubling down on their support for Ukraine.
It was a bit of a bizarre and, frankly, disingenuous take on Europe's reaction to Trump's desire for land grabs, particularly Greenland (but also Venezuela).
“Everybody loves NATO,” Graham said. “Well, I love it because people are doing more.”
Graham basically suggested that he did not care who owned Greenland.
Hey, Lindsey! Maybe you should try to convince your boss of that. After all, nobody seemed to be worried or to feel a need to up defense spending until Trump made all of these things an issue. Remember, when he threatened to take over Greenland, and refused to rule out military force, until a unified group of NATO nations (note that I am not calling them American allies any longer, because it seems to me that Trump's America no longer values allies) forced Graham's boss to back down.
It seems that Graham is taking an overly relaxed approach towards Trump's very alarming desire to obtain new territories. Remember, Trump invaded and took over Venezuela, even listing himself as President of that country. Then he was threatening to take over Greenland, claiming urgency. He repeatedly, relentlessly referred to Canada as the "51st state" and has made a point of trying to undermine Canada's sovereignty at every turn, suggesting how "beautiful" it would be if Canada joined the United States. Trump also warned that Colombia might be next, that Cuba was ready to fall. In the past, he threatened to take over Panama and Gaza, and military action in Mexico.
Why would anyone be puzzled as to why our apparently former allies (pre-Trump) now are looking on in horror and viewing the United States with increasing alarm and distrust? The whole world seems to be viewing us in that light.
Again, maybe it's time for Graham to actually find a backbone and tell Trump some of these things, instead of taking the easy way out, which has been his political trademark.
Lindsey Graham to allies: Get over Greenland The South Carolina Republican offered a fairly optimistic take on a NATO alliance that's been battered by the dispute over Greenland. Avatar of Joe Gould By: Joe Gould | 02/13/2026 11:
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