I Went to Greenland and Saw a Warning for Canada – The Walrus

April 15, 2026

BEFORE HE PULLED his hunting rifle out of storage and brought it to his bedroom to keep it close at night, Jan Køhler had been preparing, mentally and emotionally, in case the American military descended on the Greenlandic capital. He didn’t know which way they’d come. But if they did, he assumed the battle would be quick.

It was January 24, and he had been glued to the news for days, monitoring Donald Trump’s every word about Greenland, about America’s “absolute necessity” to own the world’s largest island, and the president’s refusal to rule out the use of force. Køhler had watched from his window as Danish military planes flew in to reinforce the city. Roughly 100 Danish troops had already arrived, and more were on their way.

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