
This is the thing with Donald Trump: We can be certain he means what he says, but so much of what he says is foolish, or impractical, or somewhere on the way to dangerous. “For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World,” Trump declared just before Christmas, “the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.” He made this statement as he announced Ken Howery, a venture capitalist turned diplomat, as his ambassador to Copenhagen.
O.K., a case in point. You have to believe Trump means it when he says these kinds of things, even if you cannot for a moment believe they are true or of any worth.
Trump also wants to annex Canada as America’s 51st state. He wants to reclaim sovereignty over the Panama Canal, too. And rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. “The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation,” he said in his Inaugural Address, “one that increases our wealth, expands our territory.” This is a man with plans, truly. We can count on this these next four years.
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