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Donald Trump’s demands for control of Greenland by means of punitive tariffs of 10%-25% on eight Nato allies, or perhaps by military means if resisted, is “without parallel or precedent”, says Faisal Islam on the BBC. Targeting America’s closest allies at “incredibly short notice and for a cause that essentially could break up Nato and the Western alliance” is such an “outlandish” move that European officials may be “more baffled than angry”. Does Trump have backing “in the US, in Congress, even in his own administration to do this”? Or will it turn out to be the biggest example of TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out)? In Greenland, it has reignited debates over sovereignty as it “grapples with the trade-offs between economic opportunity and independence from Denmark”, says Lois Parshley in…

James Kirchick The New York Times President Trump’s “surreal” quest to seize Greenland from Denmark “sends a disturbing message to the world,” said James Kirchick. He has insisted that the Danes lack the strength and will to protect Greenland from predations by China and Russia, while Vice President JD Vance has called fellow NATO member Denmark not “a good ally.” Both claims, based on reflexive hostility toward Europe, are utterly false. Denmark has actually been a very loyal ally and “punches far above its weight militarily.” It was one of the only NATO members to join the U.S.’s initial Iraq invasion and suffered many casualties bravely fighting alongside the U.S. in Afghanistan. Contrary to right-wing stereotypes about Europe, Denmark has adopted strict immigration measures and leans right on most social…

In 2018, two years after Donald Trump was first elected president, Vintage Books reissued Fletcher Knebel’s Night of Camp David, a political thriller published in 1965. Its renewed appeal was summed up in the stark tagline on the cover: “What would happen if the president of the USA went stark-raving mad?” In the novel, a young senator who has been chosen by the incumbent president, Mark Hollenbach, to be his running mate for reelection comes to realize that the man in the Oval Office has gone quietly crazy. In Trump’s first term, the story seemed to resonate with debates about his erratic behavior and the possibility that he could be deposed. What attracted less attention, however, was the particular form the president’s madness takes in the novel. He shows signs…