In the eyes of our allies, America looks less like a strategic partner and more of an “international predator” with our bellicosity against Greenland, says Matt Duss, the Executive Vice President at the Center for International Policy and a former Bernie Sanders adviser. Duss joined Bobby Jones to help make sense of Trump threatening our longtime allies in the region.
Starting in his first term, Donald Trump has targeted Greenland. (Remember when everyone said resistance libs were freaking out for no reason?) And in the wake of his invasion of Venezuela at the beginning of the year these threats are being perceived more and more by our allies as a reality.
So is taking over Greenland about sending a message to China and Russia? According to Duss, “No one from the Trump administration has really articulated that at all, it’s just Trump throwing out this idea ‘Oh, Russia and China are threats’, which is bizarre when you look at the actual way he himself has behaved toward both Russia and China. Other than Greenland, he doesn’t really seem to act like they’re a threat.”
Duss also weighed in on the lack congressional oversight of Trump’s foreign policy. But this isn’t new. He argues that the institution has essentially abdicated its powers during several administrations with the rise of the global war on terror. However, he does highlight ways some members have begun to reign that power in.
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So can America get its footing back on the world stage in a post-Trump world? Sadly, it won’t be that easy.
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