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Trump Polk
Washington Politics

On Greenland, Trump wants to be like Polk

The president's motivation isn't security or money, it's manifest destiny

Royal Navy
Europe

If Europe starts attacking Russian cargo ships, all bets are off

The consequences will be negative, from shattering the order it claims to defend all the way up to a possible nuclear confrontation

Friedrich Merz
Europe

Germany's grandstanding on Iran: The best Europe can muster?

Chancellor Merz predicts the demise of the regime, but it's just more performative rhetoric, not strategy, and helps no one

European Union
Europe

Sorry, the EU has no right to cry 'McCarthyism'

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.

Tech billionaires behind Greenland bid want to build 'freedom cities'
North America

Tech billionaires behind Greenland bid want to build 'freedom cities'

As Europeans try to redirect Trump, his Silicon Valley supporters have ideas of their own, involving low-regulated communities and access to rare earths.

Europe whistles past the Venezuelan graveyard
Europe

Europe whistles past the Venezuelan graveyard

Its tepid response to the US attack reinforces its weakness and undermines the case for defending Ukraine