"Donald Trump publicly signalled that he wanted to grab Greenland for the US before he was formally installed as the 47th President."
"Now, a year into his administration, the future of the ice-clad mega-island lies at the centre of a clash between western civilisations and a potential trade war."
"But here understanding the jumble of global contradictions that Trump's latest fetish for another country's land can reveal there's method, as well as outright madness, in his relations with the outside world."
Donald Trump publicly signalled a desire to acquire Greenland for the United States before his formal installation as president. A year into his administration, Greenland's future has become a focal point for geopolitical tension, involving Western powers and the prospect of trade conflict. The situation exposes a jumble of global contradictions in US foreign policy, where strategic calculation and impulsive territorial thinking intersect. The episode reveals a mixture of method and apparent madness in how the United States approaches other countries' territory and influence, combining transactional motives with aggressive symbolic gestures toward control.
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