I mean, yeah, I suppose you can use it for fertilizer. It doesn't mean you got shipped a pile of shit and are trying to spin it as a good thing
This actually looks less like Europe reacting against the U.S. and more like the U.S. and Europe moving in parallel even if it doesn’t look coordinated on the surface. By pushing Greenland into the open and framing it as a security issue, Washington effectively forces the alliance to clarify lines, tighten coordination, and get serious about posture. Europe’s response isn’t defiance so much as synchronization..aligning UK, France and Germany planning inside a NATO framework so nothing drifts into ambiguity.
Seen that way, the noise is useful. It gives Europe political cover to accelerate military coordination, logistics, and readiness without having to say the quiet part out loud..that the Russia-Ukraine war isn’t winding down and may require deeper, faster alliance involvement. The U.S. benefits from that outcome. A more organized, self starting Europe makes escalation less unilateral, keeps deterrence collective, and reduces the risk of NATO looking fragmented at the worst possible moment.
So rather than a standoff, this feels like managed friction..public tension that catalyzes private alignment. Greenland becomes the headline, but the real effect is a tighter, more prepared alliance moving in the same direction.