What This Greenland-Denmark-Trump Story Reminds Me Of

Back around 1975....as a kid....I watched the 1959 British satirical comedy film The Mouse That Roared.

It's based off Leonard Wibberley's novel.  Chief star?  Peter Sellers, who is in multiple roles as the Grand Duchess Gloriana XII, Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy, and Field Marshal Tully Bascomb. 

So the story follows the tiny, fictional European Duchy of Grand Fenwick, nestled in the Alps, whose economy relies solely on exporting its famous Pinot Grand Fenwick wine. 

Things were fine for years and years....then some California winery produces a cheap imitation called "Pinot Grand Enwick," which causes the duchy to go into financial woes and bankruptcy. 

To save the duchy....the scheming Prime Minister Mountjoy proposes declaring a 'fake-war' on the United States.  The gameplan?  They expect a swift defeat followed by generous American reconstruction aid, similar to the post-World War II Marshall Plan. 

The Duchess Gloriana hears the whole thing, and readily approves, but says in the end....no one gets hurt. 

Mild-mannered game warden Tully Bascomb is appointed to lead a ragtag invasion force of about 20 medieval-armored soldiers equipped with longbows and arrows. 

The boys tend sail off to New York City on a old freighter....with intent  to surrender upon arrival.

Oddly....they arrive during an city-wide air-raid drill, where they're mistaken for invaders from Mars (this is NY City where people believe almost  anything).

In the confusion, they accidentally capture a top-secret "Q-bomb" (a super-destructive weapon capable of destroying the world), its inventor Professor Kokintz, his daughter, a U.S. general, and some police officers. 

Instead of losing, Grand Fenwick unwittingly "wins" the war, returning home victorious with their prizes. 

This unexpected triumph forces the duchy to navigate international diplomacy, as larger nations vie for control of the bomb, turning the tiny country into a global power broker. 

We've reached a point where the Greenland-EU-Denmark story could easily fit into this type of movie.....where 15 German soldiers can only get to Greenland....onboard a regular passenger flight, and utilize local  hotel  accommodations while performing 'recon'.