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To be fair, Denmark wants to prevent an armed conflict and trying to keep the American public in their corner is certainly a reasonable strategy.
The american public are already in their corner. Weve been waiting for all of you to sanction us and kick us out of your territory but it seems your all going to wait untik there are troops being deployed before you wake up. Seems to be what happened in WW2 also. So u guess no shock there
I don't think that at this point the American public opinion of what is going on, really matters, besides internal politics within the USA. From the outside, it's a much larger problem than Trump, the current administration or even the American democracy. It's a sudden and unexpected loss of trust from an ally that used to be more or less confident.The risk of this happening again, in any way possible and impossible, has lowered its trustworthiness and it will take many generations of active work to change this
It absolutely matters beyond just internal politics. If you had asked me on December 31st, 2025 if I thought there was a credible threat of the US invading Greenland, I would have said, "Not likely" and just cracked it up to Trump's usual bullshit attempts to distract from his legal issues and failing domestic agenda. And then the US very brazenly waltzed into Venezuela and deposed Maduro.
Now, I think the threats against Greenland, and by extension Denmark, are serious. Public opinion won't necessarily stop Trump from invading Greenland. But, moralle does matter when it comes to the success of an armed conflict. Just ask Russia how their "Three day special military operation" in Ukraine is working out.
If I'm in Danish leadership and I'm now facing a credible threat to the lives of 5+ million people, I'm going to say whatever I have to say to try to prevent all out war. Trying to hammer the notion into the minds of the American public that their government is threatening a good friend and ally, rather than a belligerent enemy, is a completely reasonable approach. Especially considering the US's vastly superior firepower.
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. I hope they are actively preparing for the worst. I also hope it doesn't come to that.
This might have been the case some decades ago but I don't see approval rates having had any effect on ICE, DOGE, Epstein files etc.
One craziness after the other goes through without consideration