torsdag 9. januar 2025

Trump’s threats to Greenland, Canada and Panama explain everything about America First

Donald Trump’s imperialist designs on Greenland, Canada and Panama often sound like the ramblings of a real estate shark who equates foreign and trade policy to a hunt for new deals. But there’s method in his expansionist mindset. Trump, in his unique way, is grappling with national security questions the US must face in a new world shaped by China’s rise, the inequalities of globalization, melting polar ice and great power instability.

His attitude also embodies the “America First” principle of using US strength to relentlessly pursue narrow national interests, even by coercing smaller, allied powers. national security questions the US must face in a new world shaped by China’s rise, the inequalities of globalization, melting polar ice and great power instability.