Comment by sacnoradhq

There's an ongoing and popular desire to become independent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlandic_independence

"Cosmetics Billionaire Convinced Trump That the U.S. Should Buy Greenland" (Denmark said "no" and Conan O'Brien visited to find out what went wrong.)

https://visitgreenland.com/articles/conan-obrien-in-greenlan...

Iceland relies on cooperation with the US military for defense:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Keflavik

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_of_Iceland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_Air_Defence_System