A “small invasion” of Mexico, Canada as the 51st state is a “great idea”, controlling Greenland is an “absolute necessity”, and he also wants the Panama Canal to return to US control to boot. Is our big wet boy trying to, like, speedrun expansionism?
The article itself seems to be saying that this “defense boost” was something Denmark was already planning on doing, and Trump’s remark really just coincidentally came just before they actually signed off on it. The Danish defense minister, Troels Lund Poulsen, called the timing an “irony of fate”.
The article describes the boost as encompassing the following:
It’s worth noting that the Arctic Command carries out a lot of tasks other than just defense per se, and as SoyViking pointed out, Danish military buildup in Greenland is largely due to anti-Russian paranoia rather than anything to do with Seppoland.