It Is Happening Every Day, Every Where
Usha Vance, the second lady, will attend cultural events while Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, visits troops stationed on the island that President Trump has said the United States will get “one way or the other.”
President Trump’s shifting positions and outright lies have presented the American public with dueling narratives at every turn.
There is excitement about the potentially lucrative resources scattered around the island, especially the rare earths. But extreme weather, fired-up environmentalists and other factors have tempered hopes of a bonanza.
The president’s confrontational foreign policy has created opportunity for his allies on K Street who are willing to take on clients he has targeted.
There were no Situation Room meetings and no quiet calls to de-escalate a dispute with an ally. Just threats, counterthreats, surrender and an indication of the president’s approach to Greenland and Panama.
Even more than in his first term, President Trump has mounted a fundamental challenge to the norms and expectations of what a president can and should do.
William McKinley, the 25th president, loved tariffs and expanded American territory. What more do you need to know?
The country’s prime minister said that while Greenlanders do not want to become Americans, “the reality is we are going to work with the U.S. — yesterday, today and tomorrow.”
In Paris, the two officials acknowledged potential strains on alliances with the return of Donald J. Trump to power, but said their countries would try to maintain strong ties.
Putting tariffs on Denmark unless it cedes the island of Greenland could hurt access to a few key products, including popular medicines.