Trump doesn’t appear to have any qualms about attacking Greenland and blowing up NATO. What that proves, of course, is that NATO only exists today as a formality. The Euros, as they usually do, are responding cautiously; they insist that nothing is wrong with America and the alliance while supporting Greenland’s right of self-determination. Is this reliance on the power of wishful thinking likely to work?
No. It reminds me of what happens when you feed alligators. They lose the idea of boundaries and demand more and more. It never ends well.
Trump is a predator, just like Putin. He openly says he doesn’t feel bound by treaties or international law. If he has the power, he is going to use it. At some point, the rest of the world needs to take him at his word.