"He tends to focus his tunnel vision on things he wants: the demolishing of the White House's East Wing, the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. Many of Trump's quirks are harmless, if unpleasant. (He seems to hate dogs, for example, but no one is forcing him to adopt one.) Some of his ideas, however, are more destructive: His stubborn and ill-informed attachment to tariffs has brought about considerable disorder in the international economy and hurt many of the American industries they were supposed to protect."
"But a few of Trump's obsessions are extraordinarily dangerous, and likely none more so than his determination to seize Greenland from Denmark, a country allied to the United States for more than two centuries. Perhaps because he does not understand how the Mercator projection distorts size on a map, the president thinks that Greenland is "massive" and that it must become part of the United States."
Donald Trump holds numerous unusual fixations, some harmless and some destructive. His commitment to tariffs has created international economic disorder and harmed American industries. His recurring determination to seize Greenland from Denmark threatens a long-standing alliance. The president misconstrues Greenland's size and views the island as 'massive' and desirable for the United States. A forcible attempt to acquire Greenland could destroy America's most important alliance and set in motion events that might produce global catastrophe or World War III. Greenland occupies strategic importance for U.S. and Atlantic security, prompting a longstanding American military presence aimed at defending Arctic sea lanes.
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