US President Donald Trump has reportedly delivered an ultimatum to a group of European countries: accept the sale of Greenland to the United States, or face additional trade tariffs.
This is not the first ultimatum Trump has issued. In recent years there have been several aimed at Russia, many of which were later quietly forgotten. In that sense, the old joke fits perfectly: Trump is a man of his word. He gives his word and then takes it back.
But there is a difference here. Trump’s irritation with these Western Europeans is not a secret. Nor is his conviction that the bloc owes Washington everything, while being incapable of achieving…
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