fromThe Atlantic
6 days agoThe Great Divorce
This is more or less the story one hears in the aftermath of Donald Trump's disgraceful, absurd, and failed attempt to grab Greenland by economic coercion and the menace of lethal force. There may have been grains of truth in his complaints-Denmark's neglect of the island, America's long-standing interest in acquiring it, the implications of new sea lanes as its ice melts, the rising importance of security in the Arctic-but nothing excuses Trump's behavior or language.
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