Members of President Trump’s circle, working in plain sight, have caught the eye of Denmark’s intelligence services for trying to make friends and cut deals on the Danish territory.

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From saber rattling over Greenland to war with Iran, the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie argues, treating the world like a game of Risk has left America in its weakest position since World War II.

As we lose our alliances and instability spreads, America is headed for more, not fewer, international entanglements.

As Russia displays its military might in the Arctic region, the Western alliance is beginning a mission to increase its presence there.

Trump’s special envoy to Greenland argues that the U.S. needs Greenland to defend it, American allies and American security.

The president’s approach is not just chaos or an updated version of 19th-century great-power competition.

The area most U.S. Arctic strategists think needs the most immediate development is not Greenland but the Bering Sea, almost 3,000 miles away.

U.S. and European officials say they are unaware of any intelligence that shows China and Russia are endangering the island, which is protected by the NATO security umbrella.

We don’t want our children patrolling hostile streets in Greenland or Canada any more than in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Plus, chimney sweeps are making a comeback.