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Guest column: Rather than threats, Trump should thank Canada for Arctic security focus

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03.03.2026

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Guest column: Rather than threats, Trump should thank Canada for Arctic security focus

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In the vast, lonely reaches of the Arctic, full of unseen dangers, Canada is spending billions to help protect the United States — which largely abandoned its outposts in neighboring Greenland after the Soviet Union fell.

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Now, Donald Trump is elevating Arctic security issues, but undercutting serious discussion by threatening the sovereignty of allies.

To get a perspective on reality — of which we get precious little........

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