@futurebird
I think a lot of it has to do that Mercator projection makes Greenland look big on the map. The Don would like to add some new territory to be known as somebody who increased the USA landmass.

As far as NATO goes he doesn’t really care. If they bought some of his crypto coins he would be happy to keep it. The fact that Putin doesn’t like NATO is of course a strike against it.

The military base argument is bogus. The US has closed all but one bases that were previously there. As part of NATO I don’t see how it would be a problem to reopen them if needed.

Minerals. The US already has some mineral rights, and could possibly buy more. But, the minerals are under a thick sheet of ice, and nobody has so far found a way of profitably extract it. On top of that, rare earth minerals are not rare. They are just difficult and time consuming to extract. China has mastered the extraction process which is why they are the world leader.

If the issue was really getting access to minerals in a shorter timespan than waiting for Greenland’s ice to melt, the better option would be to go in an throw Russia out of Ukraine, since The Don already persuaded Ukraine into signing an agreement to let US mine for minerals there.

The only logic behind anything is the raccoons running around in Donny’s head. He wants to be remembered forever, and he will. Just not for the reasons he thinks.