Washington Politics
On Greenland, Trump wants to be like Polk
The president's motivation isn't security or money, it's manifest destiny
January 17, 2026
The president's motivation isn't security or money, it's manifest destiny
The consequences will be negative, from shattering the order it claims to defend all the way up to a possible nuclear confrontation
Chancellor Merz predicts the demise of the regime, but it's just more performative rhetoric, not strategy, and helps no one
European elites have a consistency problem. They go wild over Trump sanctions on their digital rules yet do nothing about his punishment of Israel critics.
As Europeans try to redirect Trump, his Silicon Valley supporters have ideas of their own, involving low-regulated communities and access to rare earths.
Its tepid response to the US attack reinforces its weakness and undermines the case for defending Ukraine
