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The threat of U.S. expansionism toward Greenland and Canada has sparked a heated debate over whether diplomatic pushback from Denmark and the UN is a meaningful defense or merely "naive idealism." Critics argue that because NATO’s Article 5 is effectively worthless without American cooperation, European nations may be forced to pursue their own nuclear deterrents to protect their sovereignty against potential "boots on the ground." This cynical outlook suggests that international law is failing to restrain the Trump administration’s ambitions, leaving middle powers with few options beyond radical military escalation or total capitulation.