"In fact, Trump is sending a message to the world and America's enemies: We're serious about protecting the Western Hemisphere-again," he writes. Trump, he explains, is shrewdly analyzing the strategic importance of the Panama Canal and Greenland and seeking to ward off Chinese influence, and is belittling the sovereign rights of American neighbors in order to scare them into cooperation. It's all quite strategic."
"This is a now-familiar ritual in the Trump era. First, Trump says or does something so outrageous that any critic who dreamed it up beforehand would have been mocked as suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Then his defenders either pretend it didn't happen, accuse the Democrats of having done the same thing, or reimagine Trump's position as something defensible."
"Rationalizing these statements in either moral or strategic terms is challenging. But the conservative columnist Dan McLaughlin is up to the task.Witnessing such a rise in Trump's rhetoric can prompt discussions among analysts about geopolitical implications, suggesting that an approach to expand influence and assert dominance is what he is projecting on a global stage."
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