Danish Military Prepared to Shoot Down American Planes During Greenland Invasion Threat

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"That meant that the Danes said, okay, we're preparing for a U.S. invasion. And this is a very— this is a country that's very pro-American. Do we blow up the airports in Greenland? And they did start planning that. Do we plan to shoot down American planes? Are we going to shoot at American soldiers?"

Applebaum disclosed that when Trump threatened to invade Greenland, Denmark and its European allies began actively planning military resistance against the United States, including contingencies for destroying infrastructure and engaging American forces. She describes this as a traumatic moment that fundamentally shifted how NATO allies view American reliability, leading to accelerated hedging strategies and alternative security arrangements that exclude the U.S.