It would be completely insane for the United States to invade Greenland, force Greenlanders to become subjects of American rule and, in the process, break up NATO, the most successful alliance in world history. That is why it is not unreasonable to question the mental state of the man who says he intends to steal the huge, icy island from Denmark.
Is President Donald Trump just weird or totally nuts?
Republicans invariably excuse their leader’s wild statements, saying they are jokes, or hyperbole, or just “Trump being Trump.” The problem is that Trump’s words, more often than not, lead to actions, or at least to consequences.
Trump’s threats to take Greenland by force have already caused enough concern in Europe that Denmark and several allies, including France and the Germany, have sent armed forces to defend Greenland from an American attack. The president’s deranged gambit has eroded away what little was left of America’s standing as leader of the Free World. He has made it frightfully clear that, as long as he is in the White House, the United States will be an unreliable and sometimes threatening rogue state.
Trump promised to make America great again. Instead, he has squandered American greatness to follow his own bizarre conception of international relations as one big real estate deal after another. Despite the eagerness of the Danish government to accommodate whatever security concerns the U.S. may have, Trump’s comments have made it clear that he wants to own Greenland because it is better to buy than to lease.
Trump has also offered cash payments to the Greenlanders, assuming they would sell their national identity for cash. Trump will be mystified when they refuse his offer, because he cannot imagine why anyone would not be willing to sell out their country. After all, it is what he does on a regular basis.
The president’s profoundly narcissistic personality may have seriously skewed his perception of the world. He appears self-deluded about so many things that it is dangerous to entrust him with nearly unlimited power. Yet, none of the members of his party who control Congress, nor the U.S. Supreme Court majority that he has put in place, nor the cabinet members he has chosen for their groveling loyalty show any inclination to dissuade him from acting on his delusions, such as his quest to conquer Greenland.
And that is true lunacy.
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