"Offended by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's increasingly assertive posture toward the U.S., Trump revoked an invitation to join his Board of Peace. Many Western allies are suspicious of the organization, which is chaired by Trump and was initially formed to focus on maintaining the ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas but has grown into something skeptics fear could rival the United Nations."
"Appearing at the World Economic Forum, Trump spoke of imposing tariffs on Switzerland - which he ultimately lowered - because the country's leader "rubbed me the wrong way" during a phone call. Before shelving sweeping tariffs on multiple European countries, Trump pressed Denmark to "say yes" to the U.S. push to control Greenland "and we will be very appreciative. Or you can say no and we will remember," he said, imperiling the NATO alliance."
"The president and his supporters have dismissed that approach as inefficient, overly focused on compromise and unresponsive to the needs of people contending with rapid economic change. But in its place, Trump is advancing a system that is poorly understood and could prove far less stable, driven by the whims of a single, often mercurial, leader who regularly demonstrates that personal flattery or animus can shape his decisions."
Trump revoked an invitation to join his Board of Peace after taking offense at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's posture, intensifying allied suspicion of the organization. At the World Economic Forum, Trump threatened tariffs on Switzerland and pressured Denmark over Greenland, actions that risked straining NATO and European relations. Longstanding norms of compromise and multilateral governance have been criticized as inefficient by supporters, while Trump advances a personalized, leader-centric approach. That approach is poorly understood, could prove less stable than the rules-based order, and demonstrates that personal flattery or animus can directly shape major foreign policy decisions.
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